Statistic vs. Fact
Statistic and Fact Definitions
Statistic
A numerical piece of information.
Fact
Knowledge or information based on real occurrences
An account based on fact.
A blur of fact and fancy.
Statistic
A calculated numerical value (such as the sample mean) that characterizes some aspect of a sample set of data, and that is often meant to estimate the true value of a corresponding parameter (such as the population mean) in an underlying population.
Fact
Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed
Genetic engineering is now a fact. That Chaucer was a real person is an undisputed fact.
Statistic
One viewed solely as a piece of statistical or numerical information
Got laid off and became another statistic in the slumping economy.
Fact
A real occurrence; an event
Had to prove the facts of the case.
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Statistic
Alternative form of statistical
Fact
Something believed to be true or real
A document laced with mistaken facts.
Statistic
A single item in a statistical study.
Fact
A thing that has been done, especially a crime
An accessory before the fact.
Statistic
A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
Fact
(Law) A conclusion drawn by a judge or jury from the evidence in a case
A finding of fact.
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Statistic
A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.
Fact
Something actual as opposed to invented.
In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction.
Statistic
Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge; statistical tabulation.
Fact
Something which is real.
Gravity is a fact, not a theory.
Statistic
A datum that can be represented numerically
Fact
Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.
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Fact
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.
Fact
Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
The facts about space travel.
Fact
(databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
Fact
(archaic) Action; the realm of action.
Fact
A wrongful or criminal deed.
He had become an accessory after the fact.
Fact
(obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
Fact
Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
Fact
A doing, making, or preparing.
A project for the fact and vendingOf a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies.
Fact
An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.
What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture.
He who most excels in fact of arms.
Fact
Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
Fact
The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.
I do not grant the fact.
This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true.
Fact
A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred;
First you must collect all the facts of the case
Fact
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 facts
Fact
An event known to have happened or something known to have existed;
Your fears have no basis in fact
How much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell
Fact
A concept whose truth can be proved;
Scientific hypotheses are not facts
