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Intermediatory vs Intermediator - What's the difference?

intermediatory | intermediator |

As an adjective intermediatory

is having the {{l/en|function}} of {{l/en|intermediate|intermediating}}; {{l/en|mediatory}}.

As a noun intermediator is

an intermediate agent; a mediator.

intermediatory

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having the .
  • * 1851 , XLIV, page 608:
    • Animosities are softened by the intermediatory offices of an unpremeditated libation.
  • * 1992 , , In Search of ‘Ancient Israel’ , chapter vii, page 124:
    • There is no necessary, far less automatic, connection between intermediatory behaviour and the production of literature.

    References

    * “Intermediatory, a.''” listed on page 406/1] of § 2 (I) of volume V (H–K, ed. , 1901) of ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles] (1st ed.)

    intermediator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An intermediate agent; a mediator.

    • Coordinate terms

    * intermediatrix