Classmate vs Colleague - What's the difference?
classmate | colleague |
Student who is in the same class (in school)
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
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, title= To unite or associate with another or with others.
As nouns the difference between classmate and colleague
is that classmate is student who is in the same class (in school while colleague is a fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.As a verb colleague is
to unite or associate with another or with others.classmate
English
Noun
(en noun)- Danny and I have been classmates for five years, but I've never spoken to him outside of lessons.
See also
* schoolmateAnagrams
*colleague
English
Noun
(wikipedia colleague) (en noun)A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.
Synonyms
* coworker * workmate * See alsoSee also
Do not confuse with: * college * collageVerb
(colleagu)- Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father.'' - ''Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)