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Postgraduate vs Doctorate - What's the difference?

postgraduate | doctorate |

As nouns the difference between postgraduate and doctorate

is that postgraduate is (us|australia|new zealand) a person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course while doctorate is the highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

As an adjective postgraduate

is those studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

As a verb doctorate is

(archaic|transitive) to make into a doctor.

postgraduate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, Australia, New Zealand) A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.

    • Synonyms

    * graduate student (UK )

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Those studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

    • Antonyms

    * pregraduate * undergraduate

    Derived terms

    * postgrad

    doctorate

    English

    (wikipedia doctorate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

    • Derived terms

    * postdoctorate

    Verb

    (doctorat)
  • (archaic) To make into a doctor.
  • * Fuller
    • He was bred in Oxford and there doctorated .
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