Graduation vs. Valedictory

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.

A closing or farewell statement or address, especially one delivered at graduation exercises.

Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking completion of studies

Of, relating to, or expressing a valedictory.

A ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are conferred; a commencement.

Of or pertaining to a made]] when parting company; designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.

A division or interval, as on a graduated scale

Of or pertaining to a grades]].

A mark indicating the boundary of such a division or interval.

An address given on an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.

An arrangement in or a division into stages or degrees.

A speech given by a valedictorian at a commencement or graduation ceremony.

The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.

A commencement ceremony.

A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.

(sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.

a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member of a graduating class

The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell;

(Japanese entertainment) The action or process of graduating leaving a group.

of a speech expressing leave-taking;

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.

The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.

The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

the successful completion of a program of study

an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement;

the act of arranging in grades