The difference between Percentile and Ventile

When used as nouns, percentile means any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population, whereas ventile means any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population.

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  1. Percentile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

  2. Percentile as a noun (statistics):

    Any one of the hundred groups so divided.

    Examples:

    "He is highly intelligent – he has an IQ in the top percentile."

  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.

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