statistic meaning
Definition of statistic for English Language Learners. : 1  a number that represents a piece of information (such as information about how often something is done, how common something is, etc.) 2  statistics : a type of mathematics that deals with the study of statistics.
Coming back to the difference, STATISTIC is the score of each individual or a singular data. STATISTICS is therefore, the process of designing, comparing, interpreting and analysing data. Statistics is concerned with the sample and not the population as population is almost impossible to reach.