Lean vs. Mean — What's the Difference?

Be in or move into a sloping position

There are several kinds of mean in mathematics, especially in statistics: For a data set, the arithmetic mean, also known as average or arithmetic average, is a central value of a finite set of numbers: specifically, the sum of the values divided by the number of values. The arithmetic mean of a set of numbers x1, x2, ..., xn is typically denoted by x ¯ {\displaystyle {\bar {x}}} .

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify

The lean part of meat

Intend (something) to occur or be the case

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat

Have as a consequence or result

Offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre

Unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous

(of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air

Unkind, spiteful, or unfair

To bend or slant away from the vertical.

(especially of a place) poor in quality and appearance; shabby

To incline the weight of the body so as to be supported

Very skilful or effective; excellent

To rely for assistance or support

(of a quantity) calculated as a mean; average

To have a tendency or preference

Equally far from two extremes

(Informal) To exert pressure

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average

To set or place so as to be resting or supported

A condition, quality, or course of action equally removed from two opposite extremes

To cause to incline

To be used to convey; denote

A tilt or an inclination away from the vertical.

To act as a symbol of; signify or represent

Meat with little or no fat.

To intend to convey or indicate

Not fleshy or fat; thin.

To have as a purpose or an intention; intend

Containing little fat or less fat relative to a standard

To design, intend, or destine for a certain purpose or end

Not productive or prosperous; meager

To have as a consequence; bring about

Containing little excess or waste; spare

To have the importance or value of

Thrifty in management, especially by employing just enough people to accomplish a task or do business

To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed

(Metallurgy) Low in mineral contents

Lacking in kindness; unkind

(Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material

Cruel, spiteful, or malicious

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.

Expressing spite or malice

(copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.

Tending toward or characterized by cruelty or violence

Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.

Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable

To hang outwards.

Ignoble; base

To press against.

Occupying a middle or intermediate position between two extremes.

To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.

Intermediate in size, extent, quality, time, or degree; medium.

To conceal.

Something having a position, quality, or condition midway between extremes; a medium.

(of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.

A number that typifies a set of numbers, such as a geometric mean or an arithmetic mean.

(uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.

The average value of a set of numbers.

An organism that is lean in stature.

(Logic) The middle term in a syllogism.

A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.

Means (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.

(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.

Money, property, or other wealth

(of meat) Having little fat.

Great wealth

Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.

To intend.

Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.

(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.

Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.

(intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind.

(business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".

To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.

To conceal.

(transitive) To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.[https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean]

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.

To convey (a meaning).

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; - with to, toward, etc.

(transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).

To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; - with on, upon, or against.

(transitive) Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.

To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.

(transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.

Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.

(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).

Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; - used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.

(transitive) To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).

Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; - opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.

(usually with to) To be of some level of importance.

That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.

To lament.

Unremunerative copy or work.

(obsolete) Common; general.

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;

Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.

To incline or bend from a vertical position;

Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.

Cause to lean or incline;

Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.

Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;

Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

Rely on for support;

Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.

Cause to lean to the side;

Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.

Lacking excess flesh;

Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.

Lacking in mineral content or combustible material;

Powerful; fierce; strong.

Containing little excess;

(colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.

Low in mineral content;

Difficult, tricky.

Not profitable or prosperous;

Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.

(obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

A method or course of action used to achieve some result.

An intermediate step or intermediate steps.

Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.

The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.

(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.

(mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.

(mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do?

To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.

To have a purpose or intention.

Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.

Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.

Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

Of poor quality; as, mean fare.

Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.

Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.

Intermediate in excellence of any kind.

Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.

That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.

A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the nth root of the product of the n quantities being averaged.

That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.

Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.

A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.

Meantime; meanwhile.

A mediator; a go-between.

An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

Mean or intend to express or convey;

Have as a logical consequence;

Denote or connote;

Have in mind as a purpose;

Have a specified degree of importance;

Intend to refer to;

Destine or designate for a certain purpose;

Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;

Characterized by malice;

Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;

Excellent;

Marked by poverty befitting a beggar;

Used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;

Used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt