medium vs vehicle

vehicle vs medium

medium and vehicle both are nouns.

medium is an adjective but vehicle is not an adjective.

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

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

medium: a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
vehicle: a medium for the expression or achievement of something

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

medium (noun)	vehicle (noun)
an occupation for which you are especially well suited	a conveyance that transports people or objects
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication	a medium for the expression or achievement of something
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information	any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public	any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
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)	vehicle (adjective)
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
around the middle of a scale of evaluation

Difference between medium and vehicle

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