Quant vs Quantitative - What's the difference?
quant | quantitative |
(finance) A quantitative analyst.
* {{quote-video
, 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.
Quantifiable.
Quantitative.
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
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)''Simon:'' Excuse me?
''Judy Mills: Yeah, I heard you hired a quant . }}