average vs mediocre

mediocre vs average

average is a noun but mediocre is not a noun.

average and mediocre both are adjectives.

average is a verb but mediocre is not a verb.

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

As adjectives, average and mediocre are synonyms defined as:

average and mediocre: lacking exceptional quality or ability

Other synonyms of average include fair, middling.

average (noun)	mediocre (noun)
a statistic describing the location of a distribution
an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

average (adjective)	mediocre (adjective)
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered	poor to middling in quality
around the middle of a scale of evaluation	moderate to inferior in quality
lacking exceptional quality or ability	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)	mediocre (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 mediocre

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