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Practicum vs Clerkship - What's the difference?

practicum | clerkship |

As nouns the difference between practicum and clerkship

is that practicum is (us) a college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically while clerkship is the state or business of a clerk.

practicum

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.
  • (US) A science exam in which students are questioned about specimens or other objects placed in front of them.

    • Synonyms

    * (college course) (British) work placement

    clerkship

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state or business of a clerk
  • (legal): A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.

    • See also

    *law clerk