The difference between Octile and Quintile

When used as nouns, octile means any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets, whereas quintile means any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.

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  1. Octile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets.

  2. Octile as a noun (statistics, by extension):

    A subset thus obtained.

  3. Octile as a noun (astronomy):

    An octant.

  1. Quintile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.

  2. Quintile as a noun (by extension):

    A subset thus obtained.

  3. Quintile as a noun (astrology):

    An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72)

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