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percentile vs score

score vs percentile

percentile and score both are nouns.

percentile is not a verb while score is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
percentile Yes No No No
score Yes No Yes No
As nouns, score is a hypernym of percentile; that is, score is a word with a broader meaning than percentile:
  • percentile: (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
  • score: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
Other hypernyms of percentile include grade, mark.
percentile (noun) score (noun)
(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total the act of scoring in a game or sport
a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
the facts about an actual situation
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
a set of twenty members
grounds
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
percentile (verb) score (verb)
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
make underscoring marks
gain points in a game
get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
make small marks into the surface of
induce to have sex
write a musical score for
Difference between percentile and score

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