Example vs. Sample

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  • Example (noun)

    Something that is representative of all such things in a group.

  • Example (noun)

    Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.

  • Example (noun)

    Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).

  • Example (noun)

    A person punished as a warning to others.

  • Example (noun)

    A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.

  • Example (noun)

    An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.

  • Example (verb)

    To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

  • Sample (noun)

    A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen

    “a blood sample”

  • Sample (noun)

    A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.

    “”…it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained.” Francis Galton et al. (1883). Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, [http://galton.org/cgi-bin/searchImages/galton/search/essays/pages/galton-1883-rba-anthro-report-final_14.htm p. 269].”

  • Sample (noun)

    A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

  • Sample (noun)

    A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.

  • Sample (noun)

    Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

  • Sample (noun)

    Example; pattern.

  • Sample (verb)

    To take or to test a sample or samples of

  • Sample (verb)

    To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.

  • Sample (verb)

    To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.

  • Sample (verb)

    To make or show something similar to a sample.

Wiktionary
  • Example (noun)

    a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule

    “advertising provides a good example of an industry where dreams have faded”

  • Example (noun)

    a written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule

    “a workbook and a data set will enable the researcher to follow worked examples”

  • Example (noun)

    a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated

    “it is important that parents should set an example”

    “he followed his brother’s example and deserted his family”

  • Example (verb)

    be illustrated or exemplified

    “the extent of Allied naval support is exampled by the navigational specialists provided”

  • Sample (noun)

    a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like

    “investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting”

  • Sample (noun)

    a small amount of a food or other commodity, especially one given to a prospective customer

    “a free sample of chewing gum”

    “samples of products for evaluation”

  • Sample (noun)

    a specimen taken for scientific testing or analysis

    “a urine sample”

  • Sample (noun)

    a portion drawn from a population, the study of which is intended to lead to statistical estimates of the attributes of the whole population

    “a simple random sample of forty-five students”

    “they shared these characteristics with other women in the sample”

  • Sample (noun)

    a sound or piece of music created by sampling

    “piano samples”

  • Sample (verb)

    take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis

    “bone marrow cells were sampled”

  • Sample (verb)

    try the qualities of (food or drink) by tasting it

    “it is a chance to sample probably the widest range of wines ever assembled”

  • Sample (verb)

    get a representative experience of

    “sample some entertaining nights out in Liverpool”

  • Sample (verb)

    ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form

    “the input signal must be sampled at twice its highest frequency”

  • Sample (verb)

    record or extract (a small piece of music or sound) digitally for reuse as part of a composition or song

    “riffs sampled from other musicians”

Oxford Dictionary

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