middling vs average

average vs middling

middling and average both are nouns.

middling and average both are adjectives.

middling is not a verb while average is a verb.

middling is an adverb but average is not an adverb.

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

As adjectives, middling and average are synonyms defined as:

middling and average: lacking exceptional quality or ability

Other synonyms of middling include fair, mediocre.

middling (noun)	average (noun)
any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)	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

middling (adjective)	average (adjective)
lacking exceptional quality or ability	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

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

middling (adverb)	average (adverb)
to certain extent or degree

Difference between middling and average

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