mediocre vs average

average vs mediocre

mediocre is not a noun while average is a noun.

mediocre and average both are adjectives.

mediocre is not a verb while average is a verb.

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

As adjectives, mediocre and average are synonyms defined as:

mediocre and average: lacking exceptional quality or ability

Other synonyms of mediocre include fair, middling.

mediocre (noun)	average (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

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

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

Difference between mediocre and average

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