medium vs ether

ether vs medium

medium and ether both are nouns.

medium is an adjective but ether is not an adjective.

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

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

medium: an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
ether: a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves

Other hyponyms of medium include aether, air, airwave.

medium (noun)	ether (noun)
an occupation for which you are especially well suited	a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication	a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information	any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public	the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
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)	ether (adjective)
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
around the middle of a scale of evaluation

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