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Intercede vs Intermediary - What's the difference?

intercede | intermediary |

As a verb intercede

is .

As an adjective intermediary is

intermediate.

As a noun intermediary is

an agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree.

intercede

English

Verb

(interced)
  • To plead on someone else's behalf.
  • To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
  • * Milton
    • I to the lords will intercede , not doubting their favourable ear.
  • To pass between; to intervene.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.

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    intermediary

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Intermediate.

    • Noun

    (intermediaries)
  • An agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree.
  • *
    • A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world
  • An arranger of a contract or other agreement who is separate from the parties to the agreement
  • One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.
  • A person or organisation in an intermediate position in a supply chain of goods or services
    • The intermediary between the manufacturer and retailer is the wholesaler