Average vs. Overall — What's the Difference?

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.

Taking everything into account

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

Taken as a whole; in all

The apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.

A loose-fitting coat or one-piece garment worn over ordinary clothes for protection against dirt or heavy wear

Constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts

From one end to the other

Amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean

Including everything; comprehensive

A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.

Regarded as a whole; general

See arithmetic mean.

On the whole; generally

An intermediate level or degree

Chiefly British A loose-fitting protective outer garment; a smock.

The usual or ordinary kind or quality

Overalls Loose-fitting pants, usually of strong fabric, with a bib front and shoulder straps, often worn over regular clothing as protection from dirt.

(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

All-encompassing, all around.

The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.

Generally; with everything considered.

The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.

(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.

The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.

A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

A charge incurred through such a loss.

Everywhere.

(Nautical)Small expenses or charges that are usually paid by the master of a ship.

Work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)

(Mathematics)Of, relating to, or constituting an average.

A loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work

Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale

Involving only main features;

Usual or ordinary in kind or character

Including everything;

Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.

(Mathematics)To calculate the average of

To do or have an average of

To distribute proportionately

To be or amount to an average

(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.

(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.

Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.

Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.

(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.

In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

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.

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.

Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.

Typical.

(informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.

(transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.

(transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.

(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.

(intransitive) To be, generally or on 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.

A tariff or duty on goods, etc.

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.

Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.

In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

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.

According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.

To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.

To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.

To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an 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.

A statistic describing the location of a distribution;

Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain;

Achieve or reach on average;

Compute the average of

Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;

Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered;

Of no exceptional quality or ability;

Around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;

Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;

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);