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Quantitative vs Quantifiable - What's the difference?

quantitative | quantifiable |

As adjectives the difference between quantitative and quantifiable

is that quantitative is of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality while quantifiable is capable of being quantified.

As a noun quantifiable is

something that can be quantified; a measurable.

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

    • Related terms

    * quantity * quantitate

    Derived terms

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

    See also

    * qualitative * quantitate ----

    quantifiable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being quantified.
  • *1956 , D. J. Liston, "The Statistician and Business Research," The Incorporated Statistician , vol. 7, no. 2, p. 67,
  • *:If the human factor in production is reduced through automation, the process becomes more quantifiable .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that can be quantified; a measurable.