amount vs average

average vs amount

amount and average both are nouns.

amount is not an adjective while average is an adjective.

amount and average both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
amount	Yes	No	Yes	No
average	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, average is a hyponym of amount; that is, average is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than amount:

amount: add up in number or quantity
average: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

Other hyponyms of amount include work out, outnumber, average out, make.

amount (noun)	average (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify	a statistic describing the location of a distribution
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion	an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers	(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
a quantity of money

amount (adjective)	average (adjective)
	lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
	around the middle of a scale of evaluation
	lacking exceptional quality or ability
	relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
	approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
	relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

amount (verb)	average (verb)
to measure up to in kind or quality	compute the average of
add up in number or quantity	achieve or reach on average
be tantamount or equivalent to	amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

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