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Quartile vs Fertile - What's the difference?

quartile | fertile |

As a noun quartile

is any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.

As an adjective fertile is

capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

quartile

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
  • (statistics) Any one of the four groups so divided.
  • :This school is ranked in the first quartile .
  • Derived terms

    * interquartile range

    Coordinate terms

    * quantile ** centile/percentile ** vigintile ** ventile ** duodecile ** decile ** nonile ** octile ** septile ** sextile ** quintile ** quartile ** tercile/tertile

    Anagrams

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    fertile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive
  • (biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful
  • (biology) capable of developing past the egg stage
  • (of an imagination etc) productive or prolific
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * barren * infertile