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Quart vs Quant - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between quart and quant

is that quart is a unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S while quant is a quantitative analyst.

As an adjective quant is

quantifiable.

quart

English

(wikipedia quart)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
  • (cards) Four successive cards of the same suit.
  • * 1908 , Cavendish, The laws of piquet adopted
  • A tierce major is good against any other tierce; a quart minor is good against a tierce major.
  • (obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
  • * Spenser
  • Camber did possess the western quart .

    See also

    * you can't get a quart into a pint pot ----

    quant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (Quantitative analyst)
  • (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.
  • Adjective

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

    * quant fund

    Anagrams

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