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Ratio vs Probability - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ratio and probability

is that ratio is reason while probability is the state of being probable; likelihood.

ratio

English

(wikipedia ratio)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A number representing a comparison between two things.
  • (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
  • (legal) Short for ratio decidendi.

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    probability

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia probability) (probabilities)
  • the state of being probable; likelihood
  • an event that is likely to occur
  • the relative likelihood of an event happening
  • (mathematics) a number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening

    • Derived terms

    * conditional probability * frequency probability * joint probability * propensity probability

    Related terms

    * probable

    See also

    * odds * possibility * verisimilitude

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