Context and Medium

Context

Context noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

Usage example: in the context of the Great Depression, communism had a certain allure for some disillusioned Americans

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Medium and context are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Medium" instead a noun "Context".

Nearby Words: contexture, contextual

Medium noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

Usage example: an artist who enjoys the cultural medium of the big city

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Context and medium are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Context" instead a noun "Medium".

Nearby Word: media

exact	exact context	exact medium
particular	particular context	particular medium
better	better context	better medium
specific	specific context	specific medium
Other adjectives: certain, appropriate, original, proper, real, serious, artistic, new, professional, fictional, different, local, visual.

The Roaming Thicket (NSFW) changes styles of paper and medium depending on the context.

Source: Art Shift
Sonic the Hedgehog plays with this trope, depending on the medium: generally every male protagonist in the game series is chaste, while every appearance they make outside the games is usually shown in a romantic context.

Source: Chaste Hero
There is the wild Bizarro Episode that is "The Countdown", involving Time Travel, reality warping, Medium Awareness (in contrast to the rest of the show), and a very strange plot that makes just as much sense in context.

Source: Denser and Wackier

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