# promotional vs proportional

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### promotional
*adjective · IPA /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/ · frequency rank #8,712*
Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.

### proportional
*adjective · frequency rank #13,045*
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: ∝.

## Source
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