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Munchkin vs Media - What's the difference?

munchkin | media |

As nouns the difference between munchkin and media

is that munchkin is a child while media is the middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.

As a proper noun Media is

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

munchkin

English

Noun

(wikipedia munchkin) (en noun)
  • (label) A child.
  • * 2006 , Michelle LaRowe, Nanny to the Rescue!: Straight Talk & Super Tips for Parenting in the Early Years , Thomas Nelson (2006), ISBN 9780849912320, page 124:
    • Picture this: your child begins his first day of group childcare, and he is suddenly surrounded by other munchkins his age
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  • (informal) A person of very short stature.
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    • , passage=It'll also have a keyboard configured for a munchkin (...)}}
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  • (domestic cat breed)
  • (label) A player who mainly concentrates on increasing their character's power and capabilities.
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  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2001, date=March 7, author="Caldera OpenLinux User", title=Re: what's a munchkin ?, newsgroup=alt.games.baldurs-gate citation
    • , passage=There are many different answers, but here's mine: A munchkin is someone who's chiefly concerned with "playing to win" - which might be quite appropriate in a game of checkers, but can be very annoying in a roleplaying game.}}

    Synonyms

    * (child) see also * (small person) dwarf, lilliputian, pygmy, tiddler

    References

    English allusions

    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

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