The difference between Percentile and Vigintile

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 vigintile means any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into twenty groups of equal frequency.

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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. Vigintile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into twenty groups of equal frequency.

  2. Vigintile as a noun:

    Any one of the twenty groups so divided.

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