average vs amount

amount vs average

average and amount both are nouns.

average is an adjective but amount is not an adjective.

average and amount both are verbs.

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

As verbs, amount is a hypernym of average; that is, amount is a word with a broader meaning than average:

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

Other hypernyms of average include add up, come, number, total.

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

average (adjective)	amount (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

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

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