median vs norm
norm vs medianmedian and norm both are nouns.
median is an adjective but norm is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| median | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| norm | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
norm is a hypernym of
median; that is, norm is a
word with a broader meaning than median:
- median: the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
- norm: a statistic describing the location of a distribution
Other hypernyms of median include
average.
| median (noun) | norm (noun) |
|---|---|
| the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items | a statistic describing the location of a distribution |
| a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical |
| median (adjective) | norm (adjective) |
|---|---|
| relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle | |
| dividing an animal into right and left halves | |
| 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) |
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