What's the difference between mean and mean??

Answer 1

...Not sure what you mean, you meanie.......

Answer 2

Mean and mean are homonyms-words that sound the same but have different meanings. As a noun it means average; as an adjective it means cruel or not very nice.

Answer 3

Mean is a cruel or vicious attitude, someone who is more evil than the average person. "The mean kids on the playground pushed the kindergarteners into the mud."

Mean is an average, the middle of a set of varying numbers. "The mean age of the kids on the playground was 8 years old."

Answer 4

It is simple. Mean is spelled mean and mean is spelled mean. See the difference. What a dumb question without examples or sentences to show the different usages.

Answer 5

The mean meaning of mean is average but in actuality there are many uses of the word mean but its mean if you don't include enough context to figure out which mean you mean.

Answer 6

One is an adjective about a personality trait that is unkind or purposefully hurtful.
Ex: I am mean to my sister in the morning.

The other is a way of indicating intended definition,
Ex: This is what that word means.

but is can also indicate intentions themselved,
Ex: I did not mean to hurt you.

For more...look in the dictionary! :)

Answer 7

You are so mean! or Find the mean of the set or I didn't mean to hurt you.

Answer 8

Main Entry: 1mean
Pronunciation: \ˈmēn\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): meant \ˈment\; mean·ing \ˈmē-niŋ\
Etymology: Middle English menen, from Old English mǣnan; akin to Old High German meinen to have in mind, Old Church Slavic měniti to mention
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1 a: to have in the mind as a purpose : intend —sometimes used interjectionally with I, chiefly in informal speech for emphasis or to introduce a phrase restating the point of a preceding phrase b: to design for or destine to a specified purpose or future
2: to serve or intend to convey, show, or indicate : signify
3: to have importance to the degree of
4: to direct to a particular individual
intransitive verb
: to have an intended purpose
— mean·er \ˈmē-nər\ noun
— mean business : to be in earnest

Main Entry: 2mean
Pronunciation: \ˈmēn\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English mene, from imene common, shared, from Old English gemǣne; akin to Old High German gimeini common, Latin communis common, munus service, gift, Sanskrit mayate he exchanges
Date: 14th century
1: lacking distinction or eminence : humble
2: lacking in mental discrimination : dull
3 a: of poor shabby inferior quality or status b: worthy of little regard : contemptible —often used in negative constructions as a term of praise
4: lacking dignity or honor : base
5 a: penurious, stingy b: characterized by petty selfishness or malice c: causing trouble or bother : vexatious d: excellent, effective
6: ashamed 1b
— mean·ness \ˈmēn-nəs\ noun
synonyms mean, ignoble, abject, sordid mean being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity. mean suggests having such repellent characteristics as small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity . ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit . abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility . sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness .

Main Entry: 3mean
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English mene, from Anglo-French mene, meiene, from Latin medianus — more at median
Date: 14th century
1: occupying a middle position : intermediate in space, order, time, kind, or degree
2: occupying a position about midway between extremes; especially : being the mean of a set of values : average
3: serving as a means : intermediary
synonyms see average

Main Entry: 4mean
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 a (1): something intervening or intermediate (2): a middle point between extremes b: a value that lies within a range of values and is computed according to a prescribed law: as (1): arithmetic mean (2): expected value c: either of the middle two terms of a proportion
2plural but sing or plural in constr : something useful or helpful to a desired end
3plural : resources available for disposal; especially : material resources affording a secure life
— by all means : most assuredly : certainly
— by means of : through the use of
— by no means : in no way : not at all

Main Entry: arithmetic mean
Function: noun
Date: 1767
: a value that is computed by dividing the sum of a set of terms by the number of terms

Main Entry: geometric mean
Function: noun
Date: 1879
: the nth root of the product of n numbers; specifically : a number that is the second term of three consecutive terms of a geometric progression

Answer 9

mean- rude, hateful, obnoxious
mean-to get a point across

Answer 10

Did you mean to be mean, or was that just my perception?

Answer 11

theres mean like cruel. and then theres mean like the one in math.. mean midium and mode..