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Schoolmate vs Student - What's the difference?

schoolmate | student |

As nouns the difference between schoolmate and student

is that schoolmate is a person who attended the same school while student is student.

schoolmate

English

Alternative forms

* school mate

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who attended the same school.
    • I've lost touch with all my old schoolmates : I only see them at class reunions.

    See also

    * classmate

    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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