The difference between Hexadecile and Ventile

When used as nouns, hexadecile means any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into sixteen equally numerous subsets, whereas ventile means any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population.


Hexadecile is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to a hexadecile.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hexadecile and Ventile

  1. Hexadecile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into sixteen equally numerous subsets; a subset thus obtained.

  2. Hexadecile as a noun (astrology, obsolete):

    The aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 22.5 (that is, 360 divided by 16) as they appear to an observer on earth.

  1. Hexadecile as an adjective (statistics):

    Of or relating to a hexadecile.

  2. Hexadecile as an adjective (astrology, obsolete):

    Of or denoting a hexadecile aspect.

  1. Ventile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population.

  2. Ventile as a noun (statistics):

    Any one of the twenty groups so divided.