Mediocre vs Middle - What's the difference?
mediocre | middle |
Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;
A centre, midpoint.
The part between the beginning and the end.
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The central part of a human body.
(grammar) The middle voice.
Located in the middle; in between.
Central.
Pertaining to the middle voice.
As adjectives the difference between mediocre and middle
is that mediocre is mediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality) while middle is located in the middle; in between.As a noun middle is
a centre, midpoint.mediocre
English
Alternative forms
* mediocer (obsolete) * (dated)Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.
Synonyms
* middling * See alsoExternal links
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English
Alternative forms
* myddle (obsolete)Noun
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Synonyms
* centre, center * midpoint * midstAdjective
(-)- the middle point
- middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages