percentage 同 percent 有何分別？

The percentage of the absent student is 5%.

The absent student is 5 percent.

"Percent" and "percentage" are frequently interchangeable.
With a preceding number, only "percent" is used.
With no preceding number, either one can be used, but "percentage" is much more commonly used in such case.


而percent 通常係用作adverb... preceding a number
for example:
55 percent (%) of people chose red.
55 percent 的人選擇紅色。


Percentage 通常用作noun... no preceding number
for example:
What is the percentage of people choosing red?
選擇紅色的百分比是﹖
雖然 What is the percent of people chooseing red 都說得通...
但通常會選擇用percentage... 聽起比較professional