The difference between Medium and Middling
When used as nouns, medium means the chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent, whereas middling means something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality. preceded by the: people of moderate means.
When used as adverbs, medium means to a medium extent, whereas middling means fairly, moderately, somewhat.
When used as adjectives, medium means arithmetically average, whereas middling means of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
check bellow for the other definitions of Medium and Middling
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Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums'''):
The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums'''):
The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums'''):
A format for communicating or presenting information.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums''', engineering):
The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums''', microbiology):
A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums'''):
The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums''' or '''media'''):
A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums''' or '''media''', painting):
A tool used for painting or drawing.
Examples:
"Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting."
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Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums''', spiritualism):
Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums'''):
Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums'''):
A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.
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Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums''', Ireland, dated, informal):
A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
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Medium as a noun:
A middle place or degree.
Examples:
"a happy medium"
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Medium as a noun (dated):
An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.
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Medium as a noun (logic):
The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
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Medium as an adjective (obsolete):
Arithmetically average.
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Medium as an adjective:
Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
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Medium as an adjective:
Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
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Medium as an adverb:
to a medium extent
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Middling as an adjective:
Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
Examples:
"The football team is never the worst or best in its league; its position is always middling."
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Middling as an adjective (colloquial, regional, _, Britain):
In fairly good health.
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Middling as an adverb (colloquial, regional, _, Britain):
Fairly, moderately, somewhat.
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Middling as an adverb (colloquial, regional, _, Britain):
Not too badly, with modest success.
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Middling as a noun (plural):
Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality. Preceded by the: people of moderate means; members of the middle class.