The difference between Decile and Vigintile

When used as nouns, decile means any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency, whereas vigintile means any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into twenty groups of equal frequency.

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  1. Decile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.

    Examples:

    "Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well—the lowest decile was over 50%."

  2. Decile as a noun:

    Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.

    Examples:

    "Our school is in the top decile for exam results."

  3. Decile as a noun (astrology):

    An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.

  1. Vigintile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into twenty groups of equal frequency.

  2. Vigintile as a noun:

    Any one of the twenty groups so divided.

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