distribution vs sample

sample vs distribution

distribution and sample both are nouns.

distribution is not a verb while sample is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distribution	Yes	No	No	No
sample	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sample is a hyponym of distribution; that is, sample is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than distribution:

distribution: (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
sample: items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

Other hyponyms of distribution include equidistribution, frequency distribution, Gaussian distribution, normal distribution, Poisson distribution, sample distribution, sampling, Bernoulli distribution, binomial distribution.

distribution (noun)	sample (noun)
the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning	a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer	items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume	all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

distribution (verb)	sample (verb)
	take a sample of

Difference between distribution and sample

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