Differnece between center and middle
I have a quick question.
I am wondering if center and middle is interchangeable. If so, when I can and cannot replace the one with the other.
I had this question when I wanted to describe the chair in between two chairs.
I came up with "the chair in the middle" or "the center chair" but I don't know if these are correct.
I would appreciate your help!
Thank you!
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Answers · 8
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They are both correct. However; center is more formal and can be used as a format that is better accepted and used in the business world. Middle is used more as a description of a person, i.e. the middle child. Center is more commonly used as a way to describe an event or thing, i.e. center of attention of the center of the city.
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Yes, in general they can be used interchangeably. In your case, middle would probably be the more commonly used, but centre would not be at all inappropriate
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for 3 both the middle and center are same but for more than 3 like 5 you can say the 3 chairs at the middle but can't use center
even in another cases like
the accident occured at the middle of the road.
you can use middle instead of center but can't use center in place of middle in all cases.
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It depends on context. When describing a location they are usually interchangeable. When describing a series of items, middle gives you more flexibility. As someone else mentioned"the middle child" of 3 kids for example. But also if you had 10 cars in a row you could say the "middle 4 cars" or the 6 cars in the middle, where as "center" would infer precisely in the center.
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Both are correct. :-D
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