The difference between Academy and School

When used as nouns, academy means the garden where plato taught, whereas school means a group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

School is also verb with the meaning: (of fish) to form into, or travel in a school.

check bellow for the other definitions of Academy and School

  1. Academy as a noun (classical studies, usually, capitalized):

    The garden where Plato taught.

  2. Academy as a noun (classical studies, usually, capitalized):

    Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.

  3. Academy as a noun:

    An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.

  4. Academy as a noun:

    A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.

    Examples:

    "the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.''; ''a music academy''; ''a language academy"

  5. Academy as a noun:

    A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.

    Examples:

    "the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and [[philology]]."

  6. Academy as a noun (obsolete):

    The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.

  7. Academy as a noun (with ''the'', without reference to any specific academy):

    Academia.

  8. Academy as a noun:

    A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.

  9. Academy as a noun (UK, education):

    A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.

  1. School as a noun (collective):

    A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

    Examples:

    "The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel."

  2. School as a noun:

    A multitude.

  1. School as a verb:

    (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.

  1. School as a noun (US, Canada):

    An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

    Examples:

    "Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood."

    "Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school."

  2. School as a noun (British):

    An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).

  3. School as a noun (UK):

    At , a period or session of teaching.

    Examples:

    "Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week."

  4. School as a noun:

    Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.

    Examples:

    "We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music."

  5. School as a noun:

    An art movement, a community of artists.

  6. School as a noun:

    The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.

    Examples:

    "These economists belong to the monetarist school."

  7. School as a noun:

    The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.

    Examples:

    "I'll see you after school."

  8. School as a noun:

    The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.

  9. School as a noun:

    The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.

    Examples:

    "He was a gentleman of the old school."

  10. School as a noun:

    An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.

  1. School as a verb (transitive):

    To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).

    Examples:

    "Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton."

  2. School as a verb (transitive):

    To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.

  3. School as a verb (transitive):

    To control, or compose, one's expression.

    Examples:

    "She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings."

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