Statistic vs. Fact
Difference Between Statistic and Fact
Statisticadjective
alternative form of statistical
Factnoun
(archaic) Action; the realm of action.
Statisticnoun
A single item in a statistical study.
Factnoun
A wrongful or criminal deed.
He had become an accessory after the fact.Statisticnoun
A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
Factnoun
(obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
Statisticnoun
A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.Factnoun
An honest observation.
Statisticnoun
a datum that can be represented numerically
Factnoun
Something actual as opposed to invented.
In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction.Factnoun
Something which is real.
Gravity is a fact, not a theory.Factnoun
Something which has become real.
The promise of television became a fact in the 1920s.Factnoun
Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.Factnoun
An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun.Factnoun
Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
The facts about space travel.Factnoun
(databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
Factinterjection
Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
Factnoun
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred;
first you must collect all the facts of the caseFactnoun
a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened;
he supported his argument with an impressive array of factsFactnoun
an event known to have happened or something known to have existed;
your fears have no basis in facthow much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tellFactnoun
a concept whose truth can be proved;
scientific hypotheses are not facts
