Sass vs Media - What's the difference?
sass | media |
(US) sarcasm, backtalk, cheek.
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(US) To talk, to talk back.
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(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.
As verbs the difference between sass and media
is that sass is (us) to talk, to talk back while media is .As a noun sass
is (us) sarcasm, backtalk, cheek.sass
English
Noun
(-)- “Say — if you give me much more of your sass I’ll take and bounce a rock off’n your head.”
- “Looky here — mind how you talk to me; I’m a-standing about all I can stand now — so don’t gimme no sass .”
Derived terms
* sassyVerb
(es)- “The duke he begun to abuse him for an old fool, and the king begun to sass back, and the minute they was fairly at it I lit out and shook the reefs out of my hind legs, and spun down the river road like a deer, for I see our chance; and I made up my mind that it would be a long day before they ever see me and Jim again.”
- “But, good land! what did he want to sass back for? You see, it couldn’t do him no good, and it was just nuts for them.”
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.