average vs ordinary

ordinary vs average

average and ordinary both are nouns.

average and ordinary both are adjectives.

average is a verb but ordinary is not a verb.

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

As adjectives, average and ordinary are synonyms defined as:

average and ordinary: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

average (noun)	ordinary (noun)
a statistic describing the location of a distribution	(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual	an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities	a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
	a judge of a probate court
	the expected or commonplace condition or situation

average (adjective)	ordinary (adjective)
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered	not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
around the middle of a scale of evaluation	lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
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)	ordinary (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 ordinary

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