average vs mode

mode vs average

average and mode both are nouns.

average is an adjective but mode is not an adjective.

average is a verb but mode is not a verb.

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

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

average: a statistic describing the location of a distribution
mode: the most frequent value of a random variable

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

average (noun)	mode (noun)
a statistic describing the location of a distribution	how something is done or how it happens
an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual	the most frequent value of a random variable
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities	any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
	a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
	verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
	a particular functioning condition or arrangement

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

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