medium vs celluloid

celluloid vs medium

medium and celluloid both are nouns.

medium and celluloid both are adjectives.

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

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

medium: a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
celluloid: a medium that disseminates moving pictures

Other hyponyms of medium include cold medium, cool medium, hot medium, vehicle, paper, cinema, film, print media, data-storage medium, storage medium, telecom, telecommunication, album, record album, social media.

medium (noun)	celluloid (noun)
an occupation for which you are especially well suited	a medium that disseminates moving pictures
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication	highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics
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

medium (adjective)	celluloid (adjective)
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside	artificial as if portrayed in a film
around the middle of a scale of evaluation

Difference between medium and celluloid

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