Medium and Substance

Medium

Medium noun - An intervening substance through which something is achieved.

Usage example: the dissolving medium is called a solvent

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Substance and medium are semantically related in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Substance" instead a noun "Medium".

Nearby Word: media

Substance noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Medium and substance are semantically related in material topic. Sometimes you can use "Medium" instead a noun "Substance".

valuable	valuable medium	valuable substance
physical	physical medium	physical substance
common	common medium	common substance
specific	specific medium	specific substance
Other adjectives: certain, single, liquid, powerful, real, new, fictional, different.

The basic medium remains the same, however: a substance-over-style debating board.

Source: Network Decay / Influences on Other Media
Sounds are compression waves moving through a medium at various wavelengths and frequencies, while smells come from airborne molecules of a particular substance that are drawn into our nostrils.

Source: Your Mind Makes It Real
For another example, the main food grain of Roshar is something called lavis, which, instead of growing a head of grain the way terrestrial grain does, possesses a head-sized shell of stone-like substance within which the grains grow, suspended in a sand-like medium.

Source: Fantastic Flora

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