Media vs Select - What's the difference?
media | select |
(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
Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
Privileged, specially selected.
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* (1800-1859)
*:A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Of high quality; top-notch.
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To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
As a verb media
is .As an adjective select is
select.media
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(mediae)Usage notes
Not to be confused with medium.Derived terms
* tunica media * medialSynonyms
*(vein of insect wing) MAntonyms
* (voiced stop) (l)Etymology 2
Noun
(head)- 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.
- Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
select
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(en verb)- He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
- The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.