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score vs percentile

percentile vs score

score and percentile both are nouns.

score is a verb but percentile is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
score Yes No Yes No
percentile Yes No No No
As nouns, percentile is a hyponym of score; that is, percentile is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than score:
  • score: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
  • 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
Other hyponyms of score include grade point, centile, decile, quartile.
score (noun) percentile (noun)
the act of scoring in a game or sport (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
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)
score (verb) percentile (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 score and percentile

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