Portion
Portion noun - One of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled.
Usage example: equal portions of the students' day are devoted to study, recreation, and sleep
Section is a synonym for portion in part topic. In some cases you can use "Section" instead the word "Portion" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like share, piece, excerpt, serialized story. popular alternative
Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless
Section
Section noun - One of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled.
Usage example: had trouble fitting the sections of the bookcase together
Portion is a synonym for section in part topic. You can use "Portion" instead the word "Section" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as thing, division, piece, segment. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good portion | good section |
| long | long portion | long section |
| particular | particular portion | particular section |
| brief | brief portion | brief section |
| Other adjectives: middle, short, certain, top, small, entire, large, huge, tiny, lower, main, new, major, final, significant, next, last, stealth, instrumental, underwater. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Interquel: The Animus portion of the game takes place between Black Flag and Haytham's section of 3 and before and during Connor's portion of Assassin's Creed III.
- In a way, the ominous portion in the end and beginning can be thought of the psychotic portion, while the upbeat rock section that takes up most of the song is the beauty.
Source: Last Note Nightmare - Averted in that the *first edition* of Deadlands and Hell on Earth had a detailed story from Ol' Coot Jenkins in the player's section of the book explaining a fairly large portion of the metaplot.
Source: Late-Arrival Spoiler
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Section and Portion. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/portion/section
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