Practicum vs Intern - What's the difference?
practicum | intern |
(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.
To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
# To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
(computing) To internalize.
To work as an intern. Usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field
A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training
As nouns the difference between practicum and intern
is that practicum is (us) a college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically while intern is a person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily or intern can be a student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.As a verb intern is
to imprison somebody, usually without trial.As an adjective intern is
(archaic) internal.practicum
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(en-noun)Synonyms
* (college course) (British) work placementintern
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* interne (archaic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) , compareVerb
(en verb)- The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
- The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.
- I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.