Light and Medium

Light

Light adjective - Having little weight.

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Medium and light are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Medium" instead an adjective "Light".

Medium adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Light and medium are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Light" instead an adjective "Medium".

Nearby Word: media

good	good light	good medium
better	better light	better medium
natural	natural light	natural medium
certain	certain light	certain medium
Other adjectives: single, small, powerful, serious, new, possible, different, serial.

Maybe warriors clean their armor off frequently, but one would assume mages in cloth robes/light armour or rogues in light/medium leather armor would have some trouble getting all the stains off.

Source: Rustproof Blood
Pathfinder features among it's light armor selection the Armored Kilt, which gives a small bonus to armor that can stack with existing light or medium armor, but carries a number of drawbacks.

Source: Lady Legionnaire Wear
The title character of Ella Enchanted is described as having black hair, yet the covers of almost every edition give her medium or light brown hair instead, which Gail Carson Levine has complained about.

Source: Covers Always Lie / Literature

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