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Gentile vs Pentile - What's the difference?

gentile | pentile |

As nouns the difference between gentile and pentile

is that gentile is demonym while pentile is (statistics) any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population used commonly for income distributions.

gentile

English

Alternative forms

* Gentile

Adjective

(-)
  • Non-Jewish.
  • Heathen, pagan.
  • Tribal, national.
  • Of or pertaining to gens or gentes.

    • Related terms

    * genteel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A non-Jewish person.

    • pentile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (statistics) Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions.
  • (statistics) Any one of the five groups.
  • *Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.

    • See also

    * quartile * decile * percentile

    References

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