mediate vs arbitrate
Definitions
adjective
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
verb
- occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Examples
He comes from nowhere to win this contest and immediately is able to grasp a lot of the intricacies of the moviemaking process.
Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better.
York were immediately on the back foot but repelled a series of short corners and managed to engineer a breakaway attack.
Definitions
verb
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Examples
The commission will seek to arbitrate a resolution before handing down a decision in late summer.
It states that you do not arbitrate but, rather, the public does.
A committee was created to arbitrate between management and the unions.
