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Diploma vs Exam - What's the difference?

diploma | exam |

As nouns the difference between diploma and exam

is that diploma is a document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study while exam is form of Shortened form|examination|lang=en especially when meaning test or in compound terms.

diploma

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
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    exam

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) especially when meaning'' test ''or in compound terms.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.

    Derived terms

    * bar exam * blue book exam * clinical exam * cross-exam * cross-exam * direct exam * exam paper * final exam * oral exam * physical exam

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