Average and constant acceleration

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Can you please help me with instructing the difference between average and constant acceleration , and what is the most general that concludes the another ?
 
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Average acceleration is the mean acceleration so is given by the change in velocity, divided by the change in time. Constant acceleration means that the value of acceleration is constant, so that the velocity changes linearly with time.

In the special case where the acceleration is constant, the average acceleration will be equal to this value.