degree of freedom vs variable

variable vs degree of freedom

degree of freedom and variable both are nouns.

degree of freedom is not an adjective while variable is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
degree of freedom	Yes	No	No	No
variable	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, variable is a hypernym of degree of freedom; that is, variable is a word with a broader meaning than degree of freedom:

degree of freedom: (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution
variable: a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

Other hypernyms of degree of freedom include variable quantity.

degree of freedom (noun)	variable (noun)
(statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution	a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system	a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
	something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
	a star that varies noticeably in brightness

degree of freedom (adjective)	variable (adjective)
	liable to or capable of change
	(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied
	marked by diversity or difference

Difference between degree of freedom and variable

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