Academy vs. Academia

Academy vs. Academia — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Academy and Academia

Academynoun

The garden where Plato taught.

Academianoun

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.

Academynoun

Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.

Academianoun

Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.

Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.

Academynoun

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.

Academianoun

the academic world

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Academynoun

A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.

the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.; a music academy; a language academy

Academynoun

A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.

the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.

Academynoun

(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.

Academynoun

Academia.

Academynoun

A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.

Academynoun

A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.

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Academynoun

a secondary school (usually private)

Academynoun

an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

Academynoun

a school for special training

Academynoun

a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge