✅ Allocate means to set something aside for a particular purpose (I allocated funds for the birthday party).

✅ Apportion means to distribute something in relative portions (I apportioned the prize money among all five winners).

✅ Allocate and apportion express related ideas. Allocate means to set something apart or aside for later use or for a specific purpose (Everyone has been allocated a seat).

✅ Apportion means allocating something in a proportionate way (Each group has been apportioned some seats based on their number).

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✅ A knight is a person of high military rank who is supposed to behave in a chivalrous way (The knight bowed to the king).

✅ A paladin is a knightly or heroic champion for a person or cause (a paladin of the environment).

✅ Historically, in medieval Europe, a knight was a man of aristocratic birth who achieved the rank of knight after an apprenticeship as a page and squire.

✅ Historically, paladin refers specifically to any one of the twelve knights of Charlemagne. However, paladin can also refer to a passionate defender of another person or cause.

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✅ A rift is a serious disagreement between two people, groups, nations, etc., that leads them to no longer be friendly with each other (The sale of an heirloom led to a rift in the family).

✅ A schism refers to the division of a group into mutually opposed groups (The reboot movie led to a schism between new fans and old fans).

✅ Rift and schism both refer to intense disagreements that lead to people, or groups of people, being on opposing sides.

✅ Rift suggests a broken friendship and implies that if the disagreement is solved, friendship may return. Schism suggests a division that is likely to be long-lasting.

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