Proportion vs. Sum — What's the Difference?

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole

An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.

Adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else

An arithmetic problem

A part or amount considered in relation to a whole

The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate

A relationship between things or parts of things with respect to comparative magnitude, quantity, or degree

An amount of money

A relationship between quantities such that if one varies then another varies in a manner dependent on the first

A summary

The agreeable or harmonious relation of parts within a whole

The central idea or point; the gist.

Often proportions Dimensions; size

(Mathematics) To add.

(Mathematics) A statement of equality between two ratios. Four quantities, a, b, c, d, are said to be in proportion if a/b = c/d .

To give a summary of; summarize.

To adjust so that proper relations between parts are attained

A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

To form the parts of with balance or symmetry

(often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).

(countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.

A quantity of money.

(uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.

A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium.

(countable) Proper or equal share.

A central idea or point; gist.

The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.

The utmost degree.

A statement of equality between two ratios.

(obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.

The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.

The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.

Size.

The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.

(transitive) To divide into proper shares; to apportion.

A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township.

(transitive) To form symmetrically.

(transitive) To add together.

To set or render in proportion.

(transitive) To give a summary of.

To correspond to.

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The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.

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Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.

The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.

A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.

A part considered comparatively; a share.

The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.

The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; - called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.

Height; completion; utmost degree.

The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.

A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.

To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.

To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; - usually with up.

To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.

To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; - usually with up.

To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.

To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.

The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

A quantity of money;

Magnitude or extent;

A quantity obtained by addition

Balance among the parts of something

The final aggregate;

Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design);

The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

Give pleasant proportions to;

The whole amount

Adjust in size relative to other things

The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan

A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets;

Be a summary of;

Determine the sum of;