medium vs environment

environment vs medium

medium and environment both are nouns.

medium is an adjective but environment is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, environment is a hypernym of medium; that is, environment is a word with a broader meaning than medium:

medium: the surrounding environment
environment: the area in which something exists or lives

Other hypernyms of medium include environs, surround, surroundings.

medium (noun)	environment (noun)
an occupation for which you are especially well suited	the area in which something exists or lives
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication	the totality of surrounding conditions
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)	environment (adjective)
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
around the middle of a scale of evaluation

Difference between medium and environment

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.