Sage vs Graduate - What's the difference?
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Wise.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
* Milton
A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), § 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
(senseid) A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
(US, Canada) A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
graduated, arranged by degrees
holding an academic degree
relating to an academic degree
(ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution. See note on “from” usage.
To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
To change gradually.
To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
* Browne
(chemistry) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
As verbs the difference between sage and graduate
is that sage is first-person singular indicative present form of while graduate is (ergative) to be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution see note on “from” usage.As a noun graduate is
(senseid) a person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.As an adjective graduate is
graduated, arranged by degrees.sage
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .
Synonyms
* deep thinker, egghead, intellectual, punditDerived terms
* sagely * sageness * sage on the stage * Seven SagesSee also
* rishi * maharishiEtymology 2
From (etyl) sauge, from (etyl) salvia, from , see safe .Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (herb) ramonaDerived terms
* sagebush * Sage Derby * sage dog * sage green * sage grouse * sage tea * sage thrasher * wood sageSee also
* salviaExternal links
* (Salvia officinalis) *Etymology 3
.Verb
(sag)Usage notes
* This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems one's own post to be of little value.graduate
English
(wikipedia graduate)Noun
(en noun)- If the government wants graduates to stay in the country they should offer more incentives .
Antonyms
* (person recognized for having finished studies) student, drop-outCoordinate terms
* (person recognized by school) (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(graduat)- The man graduated in 1967.
- Trisha graduated from college.
- Trisha graduated college.
- Indiana University graduated the student.
- The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.
- sandstone which graduates''' into gneiss; carnelian sometimes '''graduates into quartz
- to graduate the heat of an oven
- Dyers advance and graduate their colours with salts.