Average vs. Overall — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Average and Overall
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Definitions
Average
In colloquial language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a non-empty list of numbers. Different concepts of average are used in different contexts.
Overall
Taking everything into account
The governors and head have overall responsibility for managing the school
The overall effect is impressive
Average
A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number
The proportion of over-60s is above the EU average of 19 per cent
Overall
Taken as a whole; in all
Overall, 10,000 jobs will go
Average
The apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.
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Overall
A loose-fitting coat or one-piece garment worn over ordinary clothes for protection against dirt or heavy wear
A pair of overalls
Men in grubby blue overalls
Average
Constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts
The average temperature in May was 4°C below normal
Overall
From one end to the other
The overall length of the house.
Average
Amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean
Annual inflation averaged 2.4 per cent
Overall
Including everything; comprehensive
The overall costs of medical care.
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Average
A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.
Overall
Regarded as a whole; general
My overall impression was favorable.
Average
See arithmetic mean.
Overall
On the whole; generally
Enjoyed the performance overall.
Average
An intermediate level or degree
Near the average in size.
Overall
Chiefly British A loose-fitting protective outer garment; a smock.
Average
The usual or ordinary kind or quality
Although the wines vary, the average is quite good.
Overall
Overalls Loose-fitting pants, usually of strong fabric, with a bib front and shoulder straps, often worn over regular clothing as protection from dirt.
Average
(Sports)The ratio of a team's or player's successful performances such as wins, hits, or goals, divided by total opportunities for successful performance, such as games, times at bat, or shots
Finished the season with a .500 average.
A batting average of .274.
Overall
All-encompassing, all around.
Average
The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.
Overall
Generally; with everything considered.
Average
The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.
Overall
(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
Average
The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.
Overall
A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
Average
A charge incurred through such a loss.
Overall
Everywhere.
Average
(Nautical)Small expenses or charges that are usually paid by the master of a ship.
Overall
Work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
Average
(Mathematics)Of, relating to, or constituting an average.
Overall
A loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
Average
Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale
A movie of average length.
A player of average ability.
Overall
Involving only main features;
The overall pattern of his life
Average
Usual or ordinary in kind or character
A poll of average people.
Average eyesight.
Overall
Including everything;
The overall cost
The total amount owed
Average
Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.
Average
(Mathematics)To calculate the average of
Average a set of numbers.
Average
To do or have an average of
Averaged three hours of work a day.
Average
To distribute proportionately
Average one's income over four years so as to minimize the tax rate.
Average
To be or amount to an average
Some sparrows are six inches long, but they average smaller. Our expenses averaged out to 45 dollars per day.
Average
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
2=The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.
Average
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Average
Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
Average
Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
Average
Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
Average
(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
Batting average
Average
In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
Average
The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.
Average
(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
The average age of the participants was 18.5.
Average
Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
I soon found I was only an average chess player.
Average
Typical.
The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.
Average
(informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
Average
(transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18.
Average
(transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C.
I averaged 75% in my examinations this year.
Average
(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
To average a loss
Average
(intransitive) To be, generally or on average.
Average
That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.
Average
A tariff or duty on goods, etc.
Average
A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.
Average
Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.
Average
In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
Average
Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.
Average
According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.
Average
To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.
Average
To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.
Average
To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
Average
To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length.
Average
A statistic describing the location of a distribution;
It set the norm for American homes
Average
Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain;
The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40
Average
Achieve or reach on average;
He averaged a C
Average
Compute the average of
Average
Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;
The average income in New England is below that of the nation
Of average height for his age
The mean annual rainfall
Average
Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered;
Average people
The ordinary (or common) man in the street
Average
Of no exceptional quality or ability;
A novel of average merit
Only a fair performance of the sonata
In fair health
The caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
The performance was middling at best
Average
Around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;
An orange of average size
Intermediate capacity
A plane with intermediate range
Medium bombers
Average
Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;
The modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
Average
Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set);
The median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20
The median income for the year was $15,000