different between activity vs mediation

English

Etymology

From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æk?t?.v?.ti/, /æk?t?.v?.ti?/, /æk?t?.v?.ti/
• Rhymes: -?v?ti

Noun

activity (countable and uncountable, plural activities)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

2. (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.

3. (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.

4. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "activity": increased, decreased, high, low, volcanic, seismic, eruptive, intellectual, physical, mental, spiritual, muscular, cerebral, favorite, recreational, practical, cultural, artistic, literary, musical, political, diplomatic, military, domestic, voluntary, missionary, chemical, optical, productive, reproductive, industrial, commercial, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:activity

Antonyms

• rest
• passivity

Derived terms

• activity book
• activity stream
• activity trap
• beehive of activity
• catalytic activity
• extravehicular activity
• hive of activity
• nonactivity
• optical activity
• overactivity
• radioactivity
• self-activity
• subactivity
• ultrahazardous activity
• underactivity
• zone of polarizing activity

Translations

Further reading

• activity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• activity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Late Latin medi?ti? (perhaps via Middle French mediation/mediacion) from medi?r? (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /midi?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

mediation (countable and uncountable, plural mediations)

1. Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.
2. The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.

Derived terms

• cybermediation
• hypermediation
• mediational
• transmediation

Related terms

• mediate
• mediator
• mid

Translations

See also

• arbitration

Further reading

• "mediation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 204.

Danish

Noun

mediation c (singular definite mediationen, plural indefinite mediationer)

1. mediation

Declension

Further reading

• “mediation” in Den Danske Ordbog