The difference between Sextile and Ventile

When used as nouns, sextile means the specific term used for a quantile of six equal proportions, whereas ventile means any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population.

Sextile is also adjective with the meaning: of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60.

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  1. Sextile as an adjective (astronomy, astrology):

    Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60.

  1. Sextile as a noun (statistics):

    The specific term used for a quantile of six equal proportions; any of the subsets thus obtained.

  2. Sextile as a noun:

    A segment that is a sixth of the whole.

  3. Sextile as a noun (astronomy, astrology):

    A sextile aspect or position.

  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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