Ratio vs. Percentage

Ratio vs. Percentage — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ratio and Percentage

Rationoun

A number representing a comparison between two named things.

Percentagenoun

The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.

A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year.

Rationoun

(arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).

Percentagenoun

A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.

She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.

Rationoun

(legal) Short for ratio decidendi.

Percentagenoun

(informal) Benefit or advantage.

There was no percentage in staying at home.
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Rationoun

the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

Percentagenoun

a proportion multiplied by 100

Percentagenoun

assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;

he wanted his share in cash