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Estimator vs Predictor - What's the difference?

estimator | predictor |

As nouns the difference between estimator and predictor

is that estimator is a person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs while predictor is something that anticipates, predicts or foretells.

estimator

English

Noun

(wikipedia estimator) (en noun)
  • A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
  • (mathematics) A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population

    • Related terms

    * overestimator * underestimator

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    predictor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that anticipates, predicts or foretells.
  • :The rain fall in April is a predictor for the number of mosquitoes in May.
  • :The predictor in the traffic lights control circuit tries to figure out how fast to change the lights.