The difference between Baccalaureate and Bachelor

When used as nouns, baccalaureate means a bachelor's degree, whereas bachelor means a person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.


check bellow for the other definitions of Baccalaureate and Bachelor

  1. Baccalaureate as a noun:

    A bachelor's degree.

  2. Baccalaureate as a noun:

    A high school completion exam and qualification awarded in many countries (e.g. Finland, France, Moldova, Romania), designed to enable students to go on to higher education.

  3. Baccalaureate as a noun (US):

    A farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class.

  4. Baccalaureate as a noun:

    The International Baccalaureate.

  1. Bachelor as a noun:

    A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.

  2. Bachelor as a noun:

    The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.

  3. Bachelor as a noun:

    Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.

  4. Bachelor as a noun (Canada):

    A bachelor apartment.

  5. Bachelor as a noun (obsolete):

    An unmarried woman.

    Examples:

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  6. Bachelor as a noun (obsolete):

    A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.

  7. Bachelor as a noun (obsolete):

    Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.

  8. Bachelor as a noun:

    A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish () of the southern United States.

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