sample distribution vs distribution

distribution vs sample distribution

sample distribution and distribution both are nouns.

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

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

sample distribution: 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 distribution include statistical distribution.

sample distribution (noun)	distribution (noun)
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population	the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
	the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
	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

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