The difference between Mean and Range

When used as nouns, mean means a method or course of action used to achieve some result, whereas range means a line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.

When used as verbs, mean means to intend, to plan (to do), whereas range means to travel (an area, etc).

Mean is also adjective with the meaning: common.

check bellow for the other definitions of Mean and Range

  1. Mean as a verb (transitive):

    To intend. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. To have intentions of a given kind. To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.

    Examples:

    "I didn't mean to knock your tooth out."

    "I mean to go to Baddeck this summer."

    "I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind."

    "Don't be angry; she meant well."

    "Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor."

    "Man was not meant to question such things."

  2. Mean as a verb (transitive):

    To convey meaning. To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea). Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify. Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.

    Examples:

    "The sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?"

    "What does this hieroglyph mean?"

    "I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean."

    "He is a little different, [[if you know what I mean if you know what I mean]]."

  3. Mean as a verb (transitive):

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

    Examples:

    "Does she really mean what she said to him last night?"

    "Say what you mean and mean what you say."

  4. Mean as a verb (transitive):

    To result in; to bring about.

    Examples:

    "One faltering step means certain death."

  5. Mean as a verb (transitive):

    To be important (to).

    Examples:

    "My home life means a lot to me."

  1. Mean as a verb (Ireland, UK, _, regional):

    To lament.

  1. Mean as an adjective (obsolete):

    Common; general.

  2. Mean as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

    "a man of mean parentage / a mean abode"

  3. Mean as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

    "a mean appearance / mean dress"

  4. Mean as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

    "a mean motive"

  5. Mean as an adjective:

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

  6. Mean as an adjective (chiefly, UK):

    Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.

    Examples:

    "He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children."

  7. Mean as an adjective:

    Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.

  8. Mean as an adjective:

    Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.

    Examples:

    "It was mean to steal the girl's piggy bank, but he just ''had'' to get uptown and he had no cash of his own."

  9. Mean as an adjective:

    Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.

    Examples:

    "Watch out for her, she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose."

  10. Mean as an adjective:

    Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.

    Examples:

    "It must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town."

  11. Mean as an adjective:

    Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.

    Examples:

    "Your mother can roll a mean cigarette."

    "He hits a mean backhand."

  12. Mean as an adjective (informal, often, childish):

    Difficult, tricky.

    Examples:

    "This problem is mean!"

  1. Mean as an adjective:

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

  2. Mean as an adjective (obsolete):

    Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

  1. Mean as a noun (now, chiefly, in the plural):

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

  2. Mean as a noun (obsolete, in the singular):

    An intermediate step or intermediate steps.

  3. Mean as a noun:

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

  4. Mean as a noun (music, now, historical):

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

  5. Mean as a noun (statistics):

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

  6. Mean as a noun (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.

  7. Mean as a noun (mathematics):

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

  1. Range as a noun:

    A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.

  2. Range as a noun:

    A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.

  3. Range as a noun:

    Selection, array.

    Examples:

    "We sell a wide range of cars."

  4. Range as a noun:

    An area for practicing shooting at targets.

  5. Range as a noun:

    An area for military training or equipment testing.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: base training area training ground"

  6. Range as a noun:

    The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.

    Examples:

    "We could see the ship at a range of five miles."

    "One can use the speed of sound to estimate the range of a lightning flash."

    "synonyms: distance radius"

  7. Range as a noun:

    Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).

    Examples:

    "This missile's range is 500 kilometres."

  8. Range as a noun:

    An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.

  9. Range as a noun:

    Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.

  10. Range as a noun (mathematics):

    The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.

    Examples:

    "ant domain"

  11. Range as a noun (statistics):

    The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.

  12. Range as a noun (sports, baseball):

    The defensive area that a player can cover.

    Examples:

    "Jones has good range for a big man."

  13. Range as a noun (music):

    The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: compass"

  14. Range as a noun (ecology):

    The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.

  15. Range as a noun (programming):

    A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.

    Examples:

    "<code>std::for_each</code> calls the given function on each value in the input range."

  16. Range as a noun:

    An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.

  17. Range as a noun (obsolete):

    The step of a ladder; a rung.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Clarendon"

  18. Range as a noun (obsolete, UK, dialect):

    A bolting sieve to sift meal.

  19. Range as a noun:

    A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.

  20. Range as a noun (US, historical):

    In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.

  21. Range as a noun:

    The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.

  22. Range as a noun:

    The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.

    Examples:

    "By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his range as an actor."

    "By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his acting range."

  1. Range as a verb (intransitive):

    To travel (an area, etc); to roam, wander.

  2. Range as a verb (transitive):

    To rove over or through.

    Examples:

    "to range the fields"

  3. Range as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit , .

  4. Range as a verb (transitive):

    To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.

  5. Range as a verb (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by {{l, over):

    }} Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.

    Examples:

    "The variable'' x ''ranges over all [[real]] values from 0 to 10."

  6. Range as a verb (transitive):

    To classify.

    Examples:

    "to range plants and animals in genera and species"

  7. Range as a verb (intransitive):

    To form a line or a row.

    Examples:

    "The front of a house ranges with the street."

  8. Range as a verb (intransitive):

    To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.

  9. Range as a verb (transitive):

    To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.

  10. Range as a verb (transitive):

    To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.

  11. Range as a verb (biology):

    To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.

    Examples:

    "The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay."

  12. Range as a verb:

    To separate into parts; to sift.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Holland"

  13. Range as a verb:

    To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.

    Examples:

    "to range the coast"

  14. Range as a verb (baseball):

    Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.

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