Capital
Capital adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Medium
Medium adjective - Of average to below average quality.
Usage example: another medium effort from a movie director who can do better
Nearby Word: media
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Painting the Medium: The shadowlight from Duty Calls is so ominous, it's never referred to with a capital letter and always in italics.
Source: Literature / Ciaphas Cain -
Painting the Medium: Some words like "SPICE" and "VOICE" tend to be printed in capital block letters to give them a sort of mystical echo (see above for DEATH in the Discworld novels).
Source: Literature / Dune
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