As nouns the difference between terms and deskmate
is that terms is while deskmate is one who shares a desk.
terms
English
Noun
(head)
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deskmate
English
Noun
(
en noun)
One who shares a desk.
* 1993 , Siegmar Muehl, Trading cultures in the classroom: two American teachers in China
- At our school, pupils could not choose their own deskmates .