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What's the difference between intermediary and intermediate? What's the difference between intermediary and intermediate, when they both mean "in the middle of"?
Apr 16, 2014 9:18 AM
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An intermediary is a person who passes information between two other persons or groups. These other persons or groups are usually not in contact with each other. If you had a friend (call her Kat) who knew a person (call her Anne) who was selling jewellery that you wanted, then you could ask Kat to tell Anne. Kat is then an intermediary. Intermediate is a step in a process or action, it is not a person. There can be many intermediate steps between the beginning and end of a process. Think of wheat, there are many intermediate steps between planting wheat an eating bread made from wheat.
April 16, 2014
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