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Mediation vs Intermediatory - What's the difference?

mediation | intermediatory |

As a noun mediation

is negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party.

As an adjective intermediatory is

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

mediation

English

Noun

(wikipedia mediation) (en noun)
  • negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party.
  • the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.

    • Derived terms

    * cybermediation * hypermediation * mediational

    Related terms

    * mediate * mediator * mid

    See also

    * arbitration

    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.)