intermediate vs mainstream

intermediate

verb
  • To mediate, to be an intermediate. 

  • To arrange, in the manner of a broker. 

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

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

  • An intermediary. 

  • Anything in an intermediate position. 

mainstream

verb
  • To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream. 

  • To become mainstream. 

  • To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students. 

adj
  • Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of a population or market. 

noun
  • That which is common; the norm. 

  • The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air 

How often have the words intermediate and mainstream occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )