average vs mean value

mean value vs average

average and mean value both are nouns.

average is an adjective but mean value is not an adjective.

average is a verb but mean value is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
average	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
mean value	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mean value is a hyponym of average; that is, mean value is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than average:

average: a statistic describing the location of a distribution
mean value: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

Other hyponyms of average include age norm, modal value, mode, median, median value, mean.

average (noun)	mean value (noun)
a statistic describing the location of a distribution	an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

average (adjective)	mean value (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)	mean value (verb)
compute the average of
achieve or reach on average
amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

Difference between average and mean value

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