The difference between Middle and Midpoint

When used as nouns, middle means a centre, midpoint, whereas midpoint means a point equidistant between two extremes.


Middle is also verb with the meaning: to double (a rope) into two equal portions.

Middle is also adjective with the meaning: located in the middle.

check bellow for the other definitions of Middle and Midpoint

  1. Middle as a noun:

    A centre, midpoint.

    Examples:

    "The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle."

  2. Middle as a noun:

    The part between the beginning and the end.

    Examples:

    "I woke up in the middle of the night."

    "In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue."

  3. Middle as a noun (cricket):

    The middle stump.

  4. Middle as a noun:

    The central part of a human body; the waist.

  5. Middle as a noun (grammar):

    The middle voice.

  1. Middle as an adjective:

    Located in the middle; in between.

    Examples:

    "the middle point"

    "[[middle name]], [[Middle English]], [[Middle Ages]]"

  2. Middle as an adjective:

    Central.

  3. Middle as an adjective (grammar):

    Pertaining to the middle voice.

  1. Middle as a verb (nautical, transitive):

    To double (a rope) into two equal portions.

  1. Midpoint as a noun:

    A point equidistant between two extremes.

  2. Midpoint as a noun (mathematics):

    A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.

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