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Schoolchild vs Student - What's the difference?

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Student is a synonym of schoolchild.



As nouns the difference between schoolchild and student

is that schoolchild is a young person attending school or of an age to attend school while student is a person who studies a particular academic subject.

schoolchild

English

Alternative forms

*school child * school-child

Noun

(schoolchildren)
  • A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
  • *
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

    Synonyms

    * pupil, student (especially US) * schoolkid (informal)

    Hyponyms

    * schoolboy * schoolgirl

    student

    English

    (wikipedia student)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who studies a particular academic subject.
    • A student of philosophy.
  • (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
    • He is a student of life.
  • A person enrolled at a university.
    • The students were out raising funds for rag week.
  • (chiefly, North America) A schoolchild.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who studies a particular subject) scholar * (person seriously devoted to some subject) devotee * (schoolchild) pupil, schoolchild * disciple

    Antonyms

    * teacher

    Anagrams

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