Example vs. Sample
Examplenoun
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
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Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
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Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
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A person punished as a warning to others.
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A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
Examplenoun
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.
Exampleverb
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
Examplenoun
One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
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That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
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That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
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That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
Examplenoun
An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.
Exampleverb
To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
Examplenoun
an item of information that is representative of a type;
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a representative form or pattern;
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something to be imitated;
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punishment intended as a warning to others;
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an occurrence of something;
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a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding;
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a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule
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a written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule
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a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated
Exampleverb
be illustrated or exemplified
Samplenoun
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen
Samplenoun
(statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
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(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
Samplenoun
(business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
Samplenoun
(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
Samplenoun
(obsolete) Example; pattern.
Sampleverb
(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of
Sampleverb
To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
Sampleverb
To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
Sampleverb
To make or show something similar to a sample.
Samplenoun
Example; pattern.
Samplenoun
A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
Sampleverb
To make or show something similar to; to match.
Sampleverb
To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
Samplenoun
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
Samplenoun
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
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all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
Sampleverb
take a sample of;
Samplenoun
a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like
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a small amount of a food or other commodity, especially one given to a prospective customer
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a specimen taken for scientific testing or analysis
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a portion drawn from a population, the study of which is intended to lead to statistical estimates of the attributes of the whole population
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a sound or piece of music created by sampling
Sampleverb
take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis
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try the qualities of (food or drink) by tasting it
Sampleverb
get a representative experience of
Sampleverb
ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form
Sampleverb
record or extract (a small piece of music or sound) digitally for reuse as part of a composition or song
