amount vs average out

amount is a noun but average out is not a noun.

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

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

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

amount (noun)	average out (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
a quantity of money

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