Degree vs. Title
Difference Between Degree and Title
Degreenoun
A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
Titlenoun
A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also :Category:Titles
Degreenoun
An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
Titlenoun
(legal) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
a good title to an estate, or an imperfect titleDegreenoun
A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
Titlenoun
In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
Degreenoun
(genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
Titlenoun
A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
Degreenoun
One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
Titlenoun
The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.Degreenoun
The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?Titlenoun
A publication.
The retailer carries thousands of titles.Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.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.Titlenoun
A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
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.Titlenoun
A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.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.Titlenoun
(bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
Degreenoun
(algebra) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.Titlenoun
The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
Degreenoun
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 subfieldTitlenoun
A division of an act of Congress or Parliament.
Title II of the USA PATRIOT ActDegreenoun
(graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
Titlenoun
(sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
Degreenoun
(logic) The number of logical connectives in a formula.
Titleverb
(transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.
Degreenoun
(surveying) The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
Titlenoun
a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with;
Title 8 provided federal help for schoolsDegreenoun
(geography) A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
Titlenoun
the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.;
he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the titlehe refused to give titles to his paintingsI can never remember movie titlesDegreenoun
(grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
Titlenoun
a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work;
the novel had chapter titlesDegreenoun
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 degreeTitlenoun
the status of being a champion;
he held the title for two yearsDegreenoun
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?Titlenoun
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it;
he signed the deedhe kept the title to his car in the glove compartmentDegreenoun
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 laudeTitlenoun
an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. Mr. or General;
the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal titleDegreenoun
a unit of temperature on a specified scale;
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperatureTitlenoun
an established or recognized right;
a strong legal claim to the propertyhe had no documents confirming his title to his father's estatehe staked his claimDegreenoun
a measure for arcs and angles;
there are 360 degrees in a circleTitlenoun
(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action;
the titles go by faster than I can readDegreenoun
the highest power of a term or variable
Titlenoun
an appellation signifying nobility;
`your majesty' is the appropriate title to use in addressing a kingDegreenoun
the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime);
murder in the second degreea second degree burnTitlenoun
an informal right to something;
his claim on her attentionshis title to fameTitleverb
give a title to
Titleverb
designate by an identifying term;
They styled their nation `The Confederate States'
