Average vs. Total — 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.

Comprising the whole number or amount

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

Complete; absolute

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

The whole number or amount of something

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

Amount in number to

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

Damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck

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

An amount obtained by addition; a sum.

See arithmetic mean.

The whole amount of something; the entirety

An intermediate level or degree

Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire

The usual or ordinary kind or quality

Complete; utter; absolute

(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

To determine the total of; add up

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

To equal a total of; amount to

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

To wreck completely; demolish

The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.

To add up; amount

A charge incurred through such a loss.

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

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

Sum.

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

Entire; relating to the whole of something.

Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale

(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.

Usual or ordinary in kind or character

(mathematics) (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.

Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.

(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.

(Mathematics)To calculate the average of

To equal a total of; to amount to.

To do or have an average of

To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)

To distribute proportionately

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

To be or amount to an average

Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.

(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.

The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.

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

To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.

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

To determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; - often used with up; as, to total up the bill.

Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.

To damage beyond repair; - used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss.

Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.

The whole amount

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

A quantity obtained by addition

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

Add up in number or quantity;

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.

Determine the sum of;

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.

Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;

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

Including everything;

Typical.

Without conditions or limitations;

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

Complete in extent or degree and in every particular;

(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);