Academic vs Multiconference - What's the difference?
academic | multiconference |
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
* academic courses -
* academical study -
Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to scientific or vocational; having no practical importance.
(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of (Vitruvius).
(usually, capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
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, title= A member of the Academy; an academician.
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(pluralonly) Academic dress; academicals.
(pluralonly) Academic studies.
As nouns the difference between academic and multiconference
is that academic is while multiconference is an academic conference dealing with several subjects.As an adjective academic
is .academic
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Alternative forms
* academick (obsolete) * acad, (abbreviation) * AcademicAdjective
(en adjective)- I have always had an academic interest in hacking.
Derived terms
* academic advantage * academic disadvantage * academic institution * academic question * academic degree * academic disciplineNoun
(en noun)The multiplexed metropolis, passage=Academics
- Carneades the academick , when he was to write against Zeno the stoick, purged himself with hellebor first […].