Grade vs. Division

Grade vs. Division — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Grade and Division

Gradenoun

A rating.

I gave him a good grade for effort.

Divisionnoun

(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.

Gradenoun

The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.

He got a good grade on the test.This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.

Divisionnoun

Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.

Gradenoun

A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.

Divisionnoun

The process of dividing a number by another.

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Gradenoun

A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage

The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent.

Divisionnoun

(arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.

I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.

Gradenoun

A level of primary and secondary education.

Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.Clancy starts grade five this year.

Divisionnoun

(military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.

Gradenoun

A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).

The grade fives are on a field trip.

Divisionnoun

A section of a large company.

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Gradenoun

An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).

Divisionnoun

(taxonomy) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.

Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

Gradenoun

The level of the ground.

This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade.

Divisionnoun

A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.

Gradenoun

(mathematics) A gradian.

Divisionnoun

(government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.

The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords.

Gradenoun

(geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.

Divisionnoun

(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.

Gradenoun

A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

Divisionnoun

(music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.

Gradenoun

(systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.

Divisionnoun

(legal) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.

Gradenoun

(medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.

Divisionnoun

(computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code

Gradeverb

To assign scores to the components of an academic test.

Divisionnoun

A lesson; a class.

Gradeverb

To assign a score to overall academic performance.

Divisionnoun

an army unit large enough to sustain combat;

two infantry divisions were held in reserve

Gradeverb

To organize in grades.

Divisionnoun

one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole;

the written part of the examthe finance section of the companythe BBC's engineering division

Gradeverb

To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.

Divisionnoun

the act or process of dividing

Gradeverb

(sewing) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.

Divisionnoun

an administrative unit in government or business

Gradeverb

(intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.

Divisionnoun

an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

Gradenoun

a body of students who are taught together;

early morning classes are always sleepy

Divisionnoun

discord that splits a group

Gradenoun

a relative position or degree of value in a graded group;

lumber of the highest grade

Divisionnoun

a league ranked by quality;

he played baseball in class D for two yearsPrinceton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA

Gradenoun

the gradient of a slope or road or other surface;

the road had a steep grade

Divisionnoun

(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

Gradenoun

one-hundredth of a right angle

Divisionnoun

(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

Gradenoun

a degree of ablaut

Divisionnoun

a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

Gradenoun

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance);

she made good marks in algebragrade A milkwhat was your score on your homework?

Divisionnoun

a group of ships of similar type

Gradenoun

the height of the ground on which something stands;

the base of the tower was below grade

Divisionnoun

the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Gradenoun

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 degree

Gradenoun

a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

Gradeverb

assign a rank or rating to;

how would you rank these students?The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide

Gradeverb

level to the right gradient

Gradeverb

assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation;

grade testsscore the SAT essaysmark homework

Gradeverb

determine the grade of or assign a grade to