different between mediation vs cooperation

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

English

Alternative forms

• co-operation
• coöperation

Etymology

1620–30, from French cooperation, from Late Latin cooper?ti?.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cooperation (countable and uncountable, plural cooperations)

1. (usually uncountable) The act of cooperating.
2. Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     South Korea is seeking cooperation from China to produce artificial rain to help fight increasing pollution.

3. Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.

Antonyms

• competition

Related terms

• cooperative

Translations

References

• cooperation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “cooperation”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “cooperation” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "cooperation" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

French

Noun

cooperation f (plural cooperations)

1. Obsolete form of coopération.

Middle French

Noun

cooperation f (plural cooperations)

1. cooperation
   • 1488, La Mer des Histoires

     Dieu au commencement avoit fait l'omme, c'est assavoir Adam sans cooperation de homme et de femme

     At the beginning, God had made man, that is to say Adam without the cooperation between man and woman

References

• “coopération” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).