intermediate vs middle

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. 

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. 

middle

noun
  • A centre, midpoint. 

  • The part between the beginning and the end. 

  • The middle stump. 

  • The central part of a human body; the waist. 

  • The middle voice. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the middle voice. 

  • Located in the middle; in between. 

  • Central. 

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