Graduation vs. Culmination
Graduation and Culmination Definitions
Graduation
Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking completion of studies
The rate of graduation of student athletes.
Culmination
To reach the highest point or degree; climax
Habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.
Graduation
A ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are conferred; a commencement.
Culmination
To come to completion; end
Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion.
Graduation
A division or interval, as on a graduated scale
Shading with many fine graduations.
Culmination
(Astronomy) To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.
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Graduation
A mark indicating the boundary of such a division or interval.
Culmination
To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax
The ceremony culminated a long week of preparation.
Graduation
An arrangement in or a division into stages or degrees.
Culmination
(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Graduation
The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
The graduation ball was the students' chance to say goodbye to each other.
After my graduation, I took a year out to travel, then went into an office job.
Culmination
(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.
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Graduation
A commencement ceremony.
Culmination
(US) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
Graduation
(sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.
Culmination
(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.
Graduation
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
Culmination
The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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Graduation
(Japanese entertainment) The action or process of graduating leaving a group.
Culmination
Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
Graduation
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.
Culmination
A final climactic stage;
Their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
Graduation
The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.
Culmination
(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
Graduation
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
Culmination
The decisive moment in a novel or play;
The deathbed scene is the climax of the play
Graduation
The successful completion of a program of study
Culmination
A concluding action
Graduation
An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
Graduation
A line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement;
The ruler had 16 graduations per inch
Graduation
The act of arranging in grades
