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Percent vs Grade - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between percent and grade

is that percent is a part or other object per hundred while grade is rank.

As adjectives the difference between percent and grade

is that percent is expressed in percents; usually together with a number while grade is nco or officer (attributive).

percent

English

Alternative forms

* per cent (mostly UK) * (archaic)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A part or other object per hundred
    • A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.
  • percentage.

    • Usage notes

    * A percentage is often denoted by the character . *: 50% denotes ''50 percent . * The difference of two percentages is measured by percentage point, not by percent.

    Derived terms

    * percentage * percentwise

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Expressed in percents; usually together with a number.
    • ''I got a ten percent raise!
    ''The whisky usually contains over fifty percent alcohol by volume in the maturing casks, while the commercial brands are diluted to 40 to 45 percent.

    See also

    * per mille, permille, * per myriad, * ppm, ppb, ppt, ppq (typography marks) ----

    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.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , year = 1986–2012 , author = paul wheaton permaculture , title = Diatomaceous Earth (food grade): bug killer you can eat! , site = richsoil.com , url = http://www.richsoil.com/diatomaceous-earth.jsp , accessdate = 2014-03-17 }}
    There are a lot of varieties of diatomaceous earth, so when you are shopping, be sure to get the right stuff!

    Make sure that you get food grade' diatomaceous earth. Some people make 3% of the food they eat be diatomaceous earth. There are claims at parasite control, longevity and all sorts of perks. I know that food '''grade''' diatomaceous earth is used heavily in storing grains - so you are probably already eating lots of diatomaceous earth every time you eat any bread, pasta or other grain based food.

    Farmers feed food '     grade     diatomaceous earth to their animals to reduce parasites and provide other benefits.
    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}}

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