psychic vs medium

medium vs psychic

psychic and medium both are nouns.

psychic and medium both are adjectives.

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

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

psychic: a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
medium: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

Other hyponyms of psychic include clairvoyant, sensitive, spiritualist, spirit rapper.

psychic (noun)	medium (noun)
a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception	an occupation for which you are especially well suited
	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

psychic (adjective)	medium (adjective)
affecting or influenced by the human mind	(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
outside the sphere of physical science	around the middle of a scale of evaluation

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