portion vs total: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: portion or total

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portionnoun

an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

portionnoun

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

portionnoun

something less than the whole of a human artifact

portionnoun

the allotment of some amount by dividing something

portionnoun

money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

portionverb

give out

portionnoun

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

portionnoun

something determined in relation to something that includes it

totalverb

determine the sum of

totalnoun

the whole amount

totalverb

add up in number or quantity

totaladjective

constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

totalnoun

a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

totaladjective

complete in extent or degree and in every particular

totalverb

damage beyond the point of repair

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