food vs medium

food and medium both are nouns.

food is not an adjective while medium is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
food	Yes	No	No	No
medium	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, medium is a hyponym of food; that is, medium is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than food:

food: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
medium: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

Other hyponyms of food include vitellus, yolk, comfort food, comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals, fare, food product, foodstuff, aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals, commissariat, provender, provisions, viands, victuals, feed, provender, manna, manna from heaven, miraculous food, beverage, drink, drinkable, potable, water, soul food, micronutrient, chyme, culture medium.

food (noun)	medium (noun)
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue	an occupation for which you are especially well suited
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking	an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment	a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
	(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
	the surrounding environment
	someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
	a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
	(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
	(biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
	a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
	an intervening substance through which something is achieved

food (adjective)	medium (adjective)
	(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
	around the middle of a scale of evaluation

Difference between food and medium

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