medium vs social media

social media vs medium

medium and social media both are nouns.

medium is an adjective but social media is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
medium	Yes	Yes	No	No
social media	Yes	No	No	No

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

medium: a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
social media: Interactive forms of media that allow users to interact with and publish to each other, generally by means of the Internet

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

medium (noun)	social media (noun)
an occupation for which you are especially well suited	Interactive forms of media that allow users to interact with and publish to each other, generally by means of the Internet
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)	social media (adjective)
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
around the middle of a scale of evaluation

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