The difference between Apportion and Concentrate
When used as verbs, apportion means to divide and distribute portions of a whole, whereas concentrate means to bring to, or direct toward, a common center.
Concentrate is also noun with the meaning: a substance that is in a condensed form.
check bellow for the other definitions of Apportion and Concentrate
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Apportion as a verb (transitive):
To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
Examples:
"The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election."
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Apportion as a verb (transitive):
Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
Examples:
"The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them."
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Concentrate as a verb (ambitransitive):
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
Examples:
"to concentrate rays of light into a focus"
"to concentrate the attention"
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Concentrate as a verb:
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.
Examples:
"antonyms dilute"
"to concentrate acid by evaporation"
"to concentrate by washing"
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Concentrate as a verb:
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
Examples:
"Population tends to concentrate in cities."
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Concentrate as a verb (intransitive):
To focus one's thought or attention (on).
Examples:
"Let me concentrate!"
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Concentrate as a noun:
A substance that is in a condensed form.