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Media vs Intermediary - What's the difference?

media | intermediary |

As nouns the difference between media and intermediary

is that media is the middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue while intermediary is an agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree.

As a proper noun Media

is a historical region in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.

As an adjective intermediary is

intermediate.

media

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(mediae)
  • (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
  • (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.
  • (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
    • Usage notes
    Not to be confused with medium.
    Derived terms
    * tunica media * medial
    Synonyms
    *(vein of insect wing) M
    Antonyms
    * (voiced stop) (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
    • As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media''' and, second, web-based '''media''', traditional print-based ' media has declined in popularity.
  • The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
    • Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
    Derived terms
    * media darling * media event (pos n) * mediagenic * mediascape (pos n) * multimedia * mass media * mainstream media * media circus * media whore

    Anagrams

    * English disputed terms English nouns with irregular plurals English words affected by prescriptivism ----

    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