Olympiad vs Exam - What's the difference?
olympiad | exam |
(informal) especially when meaning'' test ''or in compound terms.
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As nouns the difference between olympiad and exam
is that olympiad is (historical) a period of four years, by which the ancient greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 bc; as, the era of the olympiads while exam is (informal) especially when meaning'' test ''or in compound terms .exam
English
Noun
(en noun)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.