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Freshman vs Undergraduate - What's the difference?

freshman | undergraduate |

As nouns the difference between freshman and undergraduate

is that freshman is a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge while undergraduate is a student at a university who has not yet received a degree.

As an adjective undergraduate is

of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.

freshman

English

Noun

(freshmen)
  • (obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
  • (US) A person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade), a university, or legislative body.
    • At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman , but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.

    Synonyms

    * (British) fresher * (US) frosh

    See also

    * upperclassman English nouns with irregular plurals

    undergraduate

    English

    (wikipedia undergraduate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.
    • undergraduate studies

    Synonyms

    * pregraduate (unusual)

    Antonyms

    * postgraduate * (student) graduate

    Coordinate terms

    * graduand