The difference between Frequency and Oftenness
When used as nouns, frequency means the rate of occurrence of anything, whereas oftenness means the quality of happening often.
check bellow for the other definitions of Frequency and Oftenness
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Frequency as a noun (uncountable):
The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
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Frequency as a noun (uncountable):
The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
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Frequency as a noun (countable):
The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f = n / t.
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Frequency as a noun (statistics):
number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
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Oftenness as a noun (rare):
The quality of happening often; frequency.