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Mediator vs Intermediatory - What's the difference?

mediator | intermediatory |

As a noun mediator

is one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.

As an adjective intermediatory is

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

mediator

English

Alternative forms

* mediatour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement

    • Synonyms

    * negotiator

    Related terms

    * mean * median * mediate * mediation * mediatorial * mediatorian * mediatorship * medium

    External links

    * * ----

    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.)