Medium vs. Vehicle — What's the Difference?

An agency or means of doing something

A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), amphibious vehicles (screw-propelled vehicle, hovercraft), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters) and spacecraft.Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied.

The intervening substance through which sensory impressions are conveyed or physical forces are transmitted

A thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart

A particular form of storage material for computer files, such as magnetic tape or discs.

A thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something

The material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer

A film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage

A person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living.

A privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.

The middle quality or state between two extremes; a reasonable balance

A device or structure for transporting persons or things; a conveyance

About halfway between two extremes of size or another quality; average

A self-propelled conveyance that runs on tires; a motor vehicle.

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

A medium through which something is transmitted, expressed, or accomplished

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

The concrete or specific word or phrase that is applied to the tenor of a metaphor and gives the metaphor its figurative power, as walking shadow in "Life's but a walking shadow" (Shakespeare).

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

A play, role, or piece of music used to display the special talents of one performer or company.

An inactive substance that is combined with an active medication to facilitate administration.

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

A substance, such as oil, in which paint pigments are mixed for application.

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

A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.

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

A medium for expression of talent or views.

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

A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.

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.

(pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

A surrounding environment in which something functions and thrives.

An entity to achieve an end.

The substance in which a specific organism lives and thrives.

(Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.

A culture medium.

(Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

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

That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.

The materials used in a specific artistic technique

That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.

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

A substance in which medicine is taken.

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

Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.

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

A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography.

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

A conveyance that transports people or objects

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

A medium for the expression or achievement of something;

A format for communicating or presenting information.

Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another

(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