Degree vs. Career
Difference Between Degree and Career
Degreenoun
A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
Careernoun
One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
Degreenoun
An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
Careernoun
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
Washington's career as a soldierDegreenoun
A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
Careernoun
(archaic) speed
Degreenoun
(genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
Careernoun
A jouster's path during a joust.
Degreenoun
One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
Careernoun
(obsolete) A short gallop of a horse.
Degreenoun
The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?Careernoun
(falconry) The flight of a hawk.
Degreenoun
A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.Careernoun
(obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.
Degreenoun
(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
A right angle is a ninety degree angle.Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.Careerverb
To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.Degreenoun
(physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
180 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 100 degrees Celsius.Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.Careernoun
the particular occupation for which you are trained
Degreenoun
(algebra) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.Careernoun
the general progression of your working or professional life;
the general had had a distinguished careerhe had a long career in the lawDegreenoun
The dimensionality of a field extension.
The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers.The Galois field has degree 3 over its subfieldCareerverb
move headlong at high speed;
The cars careered down the roadThe mob careered through the streetsDegreenoun
(graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
Degreenoun
(logic) The number of logical connectives in a formula.
Degreenoun
(surveying) The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
Degreenoun
(geography) A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
Degreenoun
(grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
Degreenoun
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality;
a moderate degree of intelligencea high level of care is requiredit is all a matter of degreeDegreenoun
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;
a remarkable degree of franknessat what stage are the social sciences?Degreenoun
an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;
he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laudeDegreenoun
a unit of temperature on a specified scale;
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperatureDegreenoun
a measure for arcs and angles;
there are 360 degrees in a circleDegreenoun
the highest power of a term or variable
Degreenoun
the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime);
murder in the second degreea second degree burn
