Academia vs. Academe: What's the Difference?
Academia and Academe Definitions
Academia
The academic community; academe.
Academe
The academic environment, community, or world.
Academia
(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.
Academe
Academic life.
Academia
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.
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Academe
A place in which instruction is given to students.
Academia
The academic world
Academe
A scholar, especially a pedant.
Academe
(historical) The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
Academe
(poetic) An academy; a place of learning.
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Academe
(poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community.
Academe
A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.
Academe
An academy.
Academe
The academic world
