extreme vs intermediate

extreme

noun
  • Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale. 

  • A drastic expedient. 

  • The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition. 

  • Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6. 

adj
  • Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost. 

  • Drastic, or of great severity. 

  • Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment. 

  • Excessive, or far beyond the norm. 

  • In the greatest or highest degree; intense. 

intermediate

noun
  • Anything in an intermediate position. 

  • Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product. 

  • An intermediary. 

adj
  • Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range. 

verb
  • To mediate, to be an intermediate. 

  • To arrange, in the manner of a broker. 

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