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Grade vs Gradation - What's the difference?

grade | gradation |

As nouns the difference between grade and gradation

is that grade is a rating while gradation is a sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.

As verbs the difference between grade and gradation

is that grade is to assign scores to the components of an academic test while gradation is to form with gradations.

grade

English

(wikipedia grade)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rating.
  • The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
  • A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
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    This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.
  • A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
  • A level of pre-collegiate education.
  • A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
  • An area that has been graded by a grader (construction machine)
  • The level of the ground.
  • (label) A gradian.
  • (label) In a linear system of divisors on an n''-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of ''n generic divisors.
  • A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Greenleaf Whittier)
    • The grade of hatchets fiercely thrown / On wigwam-log, and tree, and stone.
  • (label) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
  • (medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.

    • Synonyms

    * (taxon that is not a clade) paraphyletic group

    Related terms

    * gradient * mark

    Verb

  • To assign scores to the components of an academic test.
  • To assign a score to overall academic performance.
  • To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.
  • (label) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.

    • Derived terms

    {{rel3, gradable , grader , grade school , grade system , make the grade}}

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    gradation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
  • A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another. See Synonyms at nuance.
  • The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
  • Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
  • * I. Taylor
    • the several gradations of the intelligent universe
  • (countable) A calibration marking.
  • (music) A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
  • (phonetics) Apophony.

    • See also

    * graduation

    References

    * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form with gradations.

    • Anagrams

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