Graduation vs. Culmination: What's the Difference?

Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking completion of studies

To reach the highest point or degree; climax

A ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are conferred; a commencement.

To come to completion; end

A division or interval, as on a graduated scale

(Astronomy) To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.

A mark indicating the boundary of such a division or interval.

To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax

An arrangement in or a division into stages or degrees.

(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.

The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

(UK) Endpoint (usually good) arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period , usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.

A commencement ceremony.

(US) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

(sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.

(US) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school.

The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.

(Japanese entertainment) The action or process of graduating leaving a group.

Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc.

A final climactic stage;

The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.

(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

The decisive moment in a novel or play;

The successful completion of a program of study

A concluding action

An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

A line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement;

The act of arranging in grades