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Apprentice vs Graduate - What's the difference?

apprentice | graduate |

In transitive terms the difference between apprentice and graduate

is that apprentice is to be an apprentice to while graduate is to mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

As an adjective graduate is

graduated, arranged by degrees.

apprentice

English

Alternative forms

* apprentise (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
  • (historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
  • (dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.

    • See also

    * * *

    Verb

    (apprentic)
  • To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
  • To be an apprentice to.
    • Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.

    References

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    graduate

    English

    (wikipedia graduate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid) A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
    • If the government wants graduates to stay in the country they should offer more incentives .
  • (US, Canada) A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
  • A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.

    • Antonyms

    * (person recognized for having finished studies) student, drop-out

    Coordinate terms

    * (person recognized by school) (l), (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • graduated, arranged by degrees
  • holding an academic degree
  • relating to an academic degree

    • Verb

    (graduat)
  • (ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution. See note on “from” usage.
    • The man graduated in 1967.
    Trisha graduated from college.
    Trisha graduated college.
  • To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
    • Indiana University graduated the student.
    The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.
  • To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
  • To change gradually.
    • sandstone which graduates''' into gneiss; carnelian sometimes '''graduates into quartz
  • To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
    • to graduate the heat of an oven
  • * Browne
    • Dyers advance and graduate their colours with salts.
  • (chemistry) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
  • To taper, as the tail of certain birds.

    • Usage notes

    In the sense “to complete studies”, the preposition “from” is often used, but may be dropped in informal speech, as in “I just graduated' ''from'' college” vs. (informal) “I just ' graduated college”. This varies between speakers, and some speakers consider “from” required, marking “I graduated college” as incorrect or uneducated. Note also that the subject and object can switch between the school and the student: “I graduated' [from] Indiana University last year” vs. “Indiana University ' graduated me last year”.

    Derived terms

    * graduator

    Related terms

    * grade * graduation English ergative verbs English heteronyms ----