Medium vs. Mild: What's the Difference?

Something, such as an intermediate course of action, that occupies a position or represents a condition midway between extremes.

Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.

A substance that propagates energy or signals through space via changes in its own state

Moderate in type, degree, effect, or force

The sparsely distributed gas and dust subsisting in the space between stars.

Not extreme

Warm and full of sunshine; pleasant

An agency by which something is accomplished, conveyed, or transferred

Not severe or acute

A means of mass communication, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television.

Easily molded, shaped, or worked; malleable

Media(used with a sing. or pl. verb) The group of journalists and others who constitute the communications industry and profession.

Texas & Virginia To diminish or decrease. Used of the wind or a storm. See Note at fair1.

Pl. media(Computers)Any of various kinds of storage devices, such as hard drives or digital audiotape.

Gentle and not easily angered.

Pl. mediums A person thought to have the power to communicate with the spirits of the dead or with agents of another world or dimension. Also called psychic.

(of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.

A surrounding environment in which something functions and thrives.

Not overly felt or seriously intended.

The substance in which a specific organism lives and thrives.

(of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.

A culture medium.

(of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.

A specific kind of artistic technique or means of expression as determined by the materials used or the creative methods involved

(of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.

The materials used in a specific artistic technique

(of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.

A solvent with which paint is thinned to the proper consistency.

(British) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale

(Chemistry) A filtering substance, such as filter paper.

Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; - the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; - applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.

Occurring or being between two degrees, amounts, or quantities; intermediate

Moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme;

The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness;

The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.

Mild and pleasant;

A format for communicating or presenting information.

(microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.

(biology, horticulture etc.) A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.

A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.

(engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.

(painting) A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc).

Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.

An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

One who fits an item of that size.

A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).

(countable) A middle place or degree.

An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.

The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

(obsolete) Arithmetically average.

Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

That is medium the manufactured size.

To a medium extent.

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity.

See Mean.

A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound.

An average.

A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.

The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.

A source of nutrients in which a microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to produce substances, or observe its activity under defined conditions; also called culture medium or growth medium. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or agar.

A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other messages from an information source to the public, also called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media. See 1st media{2}.

Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

The surrounding environment;

An intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication

(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

An intervening substance through which something is achieved;

A liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

(biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed

A state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position;

Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead;

Transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

An occupation for which you are especially well suited;

Around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;

(of meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside