different between septile vs quintile

English

Etymology 1

Noun

septile (plural septiles)

1. (statistics) Any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into seven equally numerous subsets.

   Hypernym: quantile

2. (astrology) An angle of roughly 51.5° (1/7 of the 360° ecliptic).

Hypernyms

• quantile

Coordinate terms

• (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100)

Etymology 2

Adjective

septile (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to a septum; septal.

Anagrams

• Epistle, epistle, pelites

English

Noun

quintile (plural quintiles)

1. (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
2. (by extension) A subset thus obtained.
3. (astrology) An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)

Synonyms

• fifth

Hypernyms

• quantile

Coordinate terms

• (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100)

Translations

Anagrams

• quitline

Latin

Adjective

qu?nt?le

1. nominative neuter singular of qu?nt?lis
2. accusative neuter singular of qu?nt?lis
3. vocative neuter singular of qu?nt?lis

References

• quintile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)