statistical distribution vs sample

sample vs statistical distribution

statistical distribution and sample both are nouns.

statistical distribution is not a verb while sample is a verb.

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

As nouns, sample is a hyponym of statistical distribution; that is, sample is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than statistical distribution:

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

Other hyponyms of statistical distribution include equidistribution, frequency distribution, Gaussian distribution, normal distribution, Poisson distribution, sample distribution, sampling, Bernoulli distribution, binomial distribution.

statistical distribution (noun)	sample (noun)
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence	a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
	items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
	all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

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

Difference between statistical distribution and sample

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