Proportional vs. Proportionate — What's the Difference?

Forming a relationship with other parts or quantities; being in proportion.

Being in due proportion; proportional.

Properly related in size, degree, or other measurable characteristics; corresponding

To make proportionate.

(Mathematics) Having the same or a constant ratio.

In proportion; proportional; commensurable.

One of the quantities in a mathematical proportion.

Harmonious and symmetrical.

(mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.

(transitive) To make proportionate.

In proportion (to), proportionate.

Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.

Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).

To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.

A proportion.

Being in due proportion

Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.

Agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree;

Relating to, or securing, proportion.

Exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities

Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter.

Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional.

The combining weight or equivalent of an element.

One of the quantities in a mathematical proportion

Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to';

Increasing as the amount taxed increases