sample vs distribution

distribution vs sample

sample and distribution both are nouns.

sample is a verb but distribution is not a verb.

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

As nouns, distribution is a hypernym of sample; that is, distribution is a word with a broader meaning than sample:

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

Other hypernyms of sample include statistical distribution.

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

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

Difference between sample and distribution

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