medium vs nutrient agar

nutrient agar vs medium

medium and nutrient agar both are nouns.

medium is an adjective but nutrient agar is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
medium	Yes	Yes	No	No
nutrient agar	Yes	No	No	No

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

medium: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
nutrient agar: any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

Other hyponyms of medium include agar.

medium (noun)	nutrient agar (noun)
an occupation for which you are especially well suited	any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
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)	nutrient agar (adjective)
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
around the middle of a scale of evaluation

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