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Graduation vs. Prom — What's the Difference?

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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