ordinary vs average: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: ordinary or average

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ordinaryadjective

lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

ordinarynoun

an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

ordinarynoun

a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

ordinarynoun

a judge of a probate court

ordinarynoun

(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

ordinaryadjective

not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

ordinarynoun

the expected or commonplace condition or situation

averageadjective

lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

averageverb

compute the average of

averageadjective

around the middle of a scale of evaluation

averageadjective

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

averageverb

amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

averagenoun

a statistic describing the location of a distribution

averageadjective

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)

averageadjective

lacking exceptional quality or ability

averageadjective

relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

averageverb

achieve or reach on average

averagenoun

an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

averagenoun

(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

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