What is the difference between dissertation and thesis?
dissertation | thesis |
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree; a thesis.
A lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise; a discourse; a sermon.
A statement supported by arguments.
A written essay, especially one submitted for a university degree.
* Goldsmith
(logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
(music) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; the opposite of arsis.
(poetry) The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
(poetry) The part of the metrical foot upon which such a depression falls.
As nouns the difference between dissertation and thesis
is that dissertation is a formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree; a thesis while thesis is a statement supported by arguments.dissertation
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(en noun)Derived terms
* doctoral dissertationReferences
* ----thesis
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(theses)- I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepare them.
