Difference between Mean and Average

What is the difference between Mean and Average?

Mean as a noun is an intermediate step or intermediate steps. while Average as a noun is the arithmetic mean.

Mean

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An intermediate step or intermediate steps. The average, the arithmetic mean. Loosely, an intermediate value or range of values; a mid-value; a vague average. Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency. Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To convey, signify, or indicate. To want or intend to convey. To intend; to plan on doing. To have conviction in what one says. To have intentions of a some kind. To result in; to bring about.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious. Miserly; stingy. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind. Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with. Low in quality; inferior. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.

Example sentence: Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Average

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The arithmetic mean.Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode (see Usage notes below).An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Constituting or relating to the average.Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.Typical.Bad or undesirable.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To compute the arithmetic mean of.Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.

Example sentence: The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

We hope you now know whether to use Mean or Average in your sentence.

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