ordinary vs average

average vs ordinary

ordinary and average both are nouns.

ordinary and average both are adjectives.

ordinary is not a verb while average is a verb.

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

As adjectives, ordinary and average are synonyms defined as:

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

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

ordinary (adjective)	average (adjective)
not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree	lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
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

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

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