Mediocre vs Excellence - What's the difference?
mediocre | excellence |
Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;
The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
Something in which one excels.
An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
As an adjective mediocre
is mediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality).As a proper noun excellence is
a title of honor or respect; more common in the form excellency.mediocre
English
Alternative forms
* mediocer (obsolete) * (dated)Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.