Undergraduate vs Novice - What's the difference?

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Undergraduate is a related term of novice.

As nouns the difference between undergraduate and novice

is that undergraduate is a student at a university who has not yet received a degree while novice is a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.

As an adjective undergraduate

is of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.

undergraduate

English

(wikipedia undergraduate)

Noun

(en noun)

A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.

Adjective

(-)

Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.

undergraduate studies

Synonyms

* pregraduate (unusual)

Antonyms

* postgraduate * (student) graduate

Coordinate terms

* graduand

novice

English

Noun

(en noun)

A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.

I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers wouldn't make.

(senseid)(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

* 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian , Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137:

Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice , chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead [...].

Synonyms

* (person new to an activity) amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling * See also

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