What is the difference between department and school?
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A part, portion, or subdivision.
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
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A subdivision of an organization.
# One of the principal divisions of executive government
# One of the divisions of instructions
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes.
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(label) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
(label) Act of departing; departure.
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A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
A multitude.
(US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
(British) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
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(considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
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The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
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To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school.)
To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
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To control, or compose, one's expression.
School is a synonym of department.
As nouns the difference between department and school
is that department is a part, portion, or subdivision while school is a group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.As a verb school is
to form into, or travel in a school.department
English
Noun
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- the Treasury Department'''''; ''the '''Department''' of Agriculture''; ''police '''department
- the physics department'''''; ''the gender studies '''department
- The departments were the bricks from which the edifice of the nation was to be constructed.
- sudden 'departments from one extreme to another
Synonyms
* (distinct course) province, specialty * (division of executive government) ministryDerived terms
* departmental * departmentallySee also
* province * stateschool
English
(wikipedia school)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at .Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
Synonyms
* (fish) shoalEtymology 2
From (etyl) scole, from (etyl) . Influenced in some senses by (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools'
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- Let no man be less confident in his faith by reason of any difference in the several schools of Christians.
- He was a gentleman of the old school .
- His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools .
Synonyms
* (institution dedicated to teaching and learning) academy, college, university * (organizational unity within an educational institution) college, department, further education college, institute * (group of fish) shoalHyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* boarding school * comprehensive school * cram school * elementary school * grade school * grammar school * high school * infant school * junior high school * junior school * magnet school * middle school * nursery school * old school * prep school * primary school * private school * public school * school age * schoolbag * school band * schoolbook * schoolboy * schoolchild * school day * schoolfellow * schoolfriend * schoolgirl * school holidays * schoolma'am * schoolmaster * schoolmistress * school night * school’s out * schoolteacher * schoolwork * secondary modern school * secondary school * state school * Sunday school * tell tales out of school * upper schoolVerb
(en verb)- Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
- A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.
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- "You again?" Sandman demanded. "I guess you didn't learn your lesson."
- "This time I'm gonna school you."
- She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.