Course vs. Curriculum

Course vs. Curriculum — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Course and Curriculum

Coursenoun

A sequence of events.

The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.

Curriculumnoun

The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university.

Coursenoun

A normal or customary sequence.

Curriculumnoun

(obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running.

Coursenoun

A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.

Curriculumnoun

an integrated course of academic studies;

he was admitted to a new program at the university
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Coursenoun

Any ordered process or sequence or steps.

Coursenoun

A learning program, as in a school.

I need to take a French course.

Coursenoun

A treatment plan.

Coursenoun

A stage of a meal.

We offer seafood as the first course.

Coursenoun

The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.

We offer seafood as the first course.

Coursenoun

The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.

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Coursenoun

A path that something or someone moves along.

His illness ran its course.

Coursenoun

The itinerary of a race.

The cross-country course passes the canal.

Coursenoun

A racecourse.

Coursenoun

The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.

Coursenoun

(sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.

Coursenoun

(golf) A golf course.

Coursenoun

(nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.

The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.

Coursenoun

(navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.

A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.

Coursenoun

(nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.

Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.

Coursenoun

Menses.

Coursenoun

A row or file of objects.

Coursenoun

(masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.

On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.

Coursenoun

(roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.

Coursenoun

(textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.

Coursenoun

(music) A string on a lute.

Coursenoun

(music) A pair of strings played together in some musical instruments, like the vihuela.

Courseverb

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

The oil coursed through the engine.Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.

Courseverb

To run through or over.

Courseverb

To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.

Courseverb

To cause to chase after or pursue game.

to course greyhounds after deer

Courseadverb

(colloquial) lang=en

Coursenoun

education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings;

he took a course in basket weavingflirting is not unknown in college classes

Coursenoun

a connected series of events or actions or developments;

the government took a firm coursehistorians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available

Coursenoun

facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport;

the course had only nine holesthe course was less than a mile

Coursenoun

a mode of action;

if you persist in that course you will surely failonce a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place

Coursenoun

a line or route along which something travels or moves;

the hurricane demolished houses in its paththe track of an animalthe course of the river

Coursenoun

general line of orientation;

the river takes a southern coursethe northeastern trend of the coast

Coursenoun

part of a meal served at one time;

she prepared a three course meal

Coursenoun

(construction) a layer of masonry;

a course of bricks

Courseverb

move swiftly through or over;

ships coursing the Atlantic

Courseverb

move along, of liquids;

Water flowed into the cavethe Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

Courseverb

hunt with hounds;

He often courses hares

Courseadverb

as might be expected;

naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill