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average vs ratio

ratio vs average

average and ratio both are nouns.

average is an adjective but ratio is not an adjective.

average is a verb but ratio is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
average Yes Yes Yes No
ratio Yes No No No
As nouns, ratio is a hypernym of average; that is, ratio is a word with a broader meaning than average:
  • average: (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
  • ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
average (noun) ratio (noun)
a statistic describing the location of a distribution the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
average (adjective) ratio (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) ratio (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 ratio

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