The difference between Octile and Tertile

When used as nouns, octile means any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets, whereas tertile means either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.

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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. Tertile as a noun (statistics):

    Either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.

  2. Tertile as a noun (statistics):

    Any one of the three groups so divided.

    Examples:

    "The first tertile results include January through April's revenues."

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