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Quant vs Quantitative - What's the difference?

quant | quantitative |

As a noun quant

is quantum (indivisible unit of a given quantity).

As an adjective quantitative is

of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.

quant

English

Noun

(en noun) (Quantitative analyst)
  • (finance) A quantitative analyst.
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  • , date = 2014-01-30 , title = Simon Roberts Was Here , series = The Crazy Ones , number = 15 , passage = Judy Mills:'' Oh, and I was very excited to hear about your agency's new emphasis on hard numbers and data.
    ''Simon:'' Excuse me?
    ''Judy Mills:
    Yeah, I heard you hired a quant . }}
  • Quantity.
  • Quantifier.
  • A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Quantifiable.
  • Quantitative.
  • Derived terms

    * quant fund

    Anagrams

    * ----

    quantitative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
  • (chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
  • Derived terms

    * quantitative analysis * quantitative analyst * quantitative easing * quantitativeness * quantitative research

    See also

    * qualitative * quantitate ----