medium vs occupation

occupation vs medium

medium and occupation both are nouns.

medium is an adjective but occupation is not an adjective.

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

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

medium: an occupation for which you are especially well suited
occupation: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Other hypernyms of medium include business, job, line, line of work.

medium (noun)	occupation (noun)
an occupation for which you are especially well suited	the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication	the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information	the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public	any activity that occupies a person's attention
the surrounding environment	the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
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)	occupation (adjective)
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
around the middle of a scale of evaluation

Difference between medium and occupation

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