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Upperclassman vs Freshman - What's the difference?

upperclassman | freshman |

In us terms the difference between upperclassman and freshman

is that upperclassman is a junior or senior student in a school or college while freshman is a person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade), a university, or legislative body.

upperclassman

English

Noun

(upperclassmen)
  • (US) a junior or senior student in a school or college

    • See also

    *freshman

    freshman

    English

    Noun

    (freshmen)
  • (obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
  • (US) A person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade), a university, or legislative body.
    • At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman , but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.

    Synonyms

    * (British) fresher * (US) frosh

    See also

    * upperclassman English nouns with irregular plurals