Graduation vs. Culmination
Difference Between Graduation and Culmination
Graduation➦
Graduation is the award of academic degree, or the ceremony that is sometimes associated with it. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day.
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Culmination➦
In observational astronomy, culmination is the transit of a celestial object (the Sun, the Moon, a planet, a star, constellation or a deep-sky object) across the observer's local meridian. These events were also known as meridian transits, used in timekeeping and navigation, and measured precisely using a transit telescope.
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Graduation➦
Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking completion of studies
the rate of graduation of student athletes.
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Culmination➦
To come to completion; end
Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion.
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Graduation➦
A ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are conferred; a commencement.
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Culmination➦
(Astronomy) To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.
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Graduation➦
A division or interval, as on a graduated scale
shading with many fine graduations.
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Culmination➦
To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax
The ceremony culminated a long week of preparation.
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Graduation➦
A mark indicating the boundary of such a division or interval.
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Culmination➦
(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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Graduation➦
An arrangement in or a division into stages or degrees.
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Culmination➦
(UK) Endpoint (usually good) arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period , usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
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Graduation➦
The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
The graduation ball was the students' chance to say goodbye to each other.
After my graduation, I took a year out to travel, then went into an office job.
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Culmination➦
(US) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
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Graduation➦
A commencement ceremony.
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Culmination➦
(US) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school.
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Graduation➦
(sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.
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Culmination➦
The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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Graduation➦
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
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Culmination➦
Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
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Graduation➦
(Japanese entertainment) The action or process of graduating leaving a group.
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Culmination➦
a final climactic stage;
their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
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Graduation➦
The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc.
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Culmination➦
(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
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Graduation➦
The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.
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Culmination➦
the decisive moment in a novel or play;
the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
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Graduation➦
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
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Culmination➦
a concluding action
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Graduation➦
the successful completion of a program of study
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Culmination➦
To reach the highest point or degree; climax
habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.
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Graduation➦
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
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Graduation➦
a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement;
the ruler had 16 graduations per inch
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Graduation➦
the act of arranging in grades
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