sample vs sampling

sampling vs sample

sample and sampling both are nouns.

sample is a verb but sampling is not a verb.

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

As nouns, sample and sampling are synonyms defined as:

sample and sampling: items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

Other synonyms of sample include sample distribution.

sample (noun)	sampling (noun)
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole	(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population	measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class	items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

sample (verb)	sampling (verb)
take a sample of

Difference between sample and sampling

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