transmission vs mass medium

mass medium vs transmission

transmission and mass medium both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transmission	Yes	No	No	No
mass medium	Yes	No	No	No

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

transmission: communication by means of transmitted signals
mass medium: (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

Other hyponyms of transmission include conveyance, impartation, imparting, airing, dissemination, public exposure, spreading, channel, transmission channel, channels, medium, multimedia, multimedia system, electronic communication, fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreoptics, modulation, uplink, interrogation.

transmission (noun)	mass medium (noun)
the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted	(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
communication by means of transmitted signals
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

Difference between transmission and mass medium

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