Graduation vs. Prom — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Graduation and Prom
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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.
Prom
A promenade dance, commonly called a prom, is a dance party for high school students. It may be offered in semi-formal black tie or informal suit for boys, and evening gowns for girls.
Graduation
Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking completion of studies
The rate of graduation of student athletes.
Prom
A kind of read-only memory whose contents can be set after manufacture, but only once.
Graduation
A ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are conferred; a commencement.
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Prom
A formal dance held for a high-school or college class typically at or near the end of the academic year.
Graduation
A division or interval, as on a graduated scale
Shading with many fine graduations.
Prom
(British) A promenade concert.
Graduation
A mark indicating the boundary of such a division or interval.
Prom
A promenade.
Graduation
An arrangement in or a division into stages or degrees.
Prom
(US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g,. near the end of the academic year.
Would you like to be my prom date?
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.
Prom
A formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
Graduation
A commencement ceremony.
Graduation
(sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.
Graduation
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
Graduation
(Japanese entertainment) The action or process of graduating leaving a group.
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.
Graduation
The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.
Graduation
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
Graduation
The successful completion of a program of study
Graduation
An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
Graduation
A line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement;
The ruler had 16 graduations per inch
Graduation
The act of arranging in grades
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