middle vs midfield

midfield vs middle

middle and midfield both are nouns.

middle is an adjective but midfield is not an adjective.

middle is a verb but midfield is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
middle	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
midfield	Yes	No	No	No

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

middle: an area that is approximately central within some larger region
midfield: (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)

Other hyponyms of middle include center stage, centre stage, central city, city center, city centre, storm center, storm centre, financial center, hub, inner city, medical center, seat, midstream.

middle (noun)	midfield (noun)
the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)	(sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
an intermediate part or section
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process

middle (adjective)	midfield (adjective)
between an earlier and a later period of time
of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
equally distant from the extremes

middle (verb)	midfield (verb)
put in the middle

Difference between middle and midfield

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