The difference between College and School

When used as nouns, college means a corporate group, 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 College and School

  1. College as a noun (obsolete):

    A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

  2. College as a noun (in some proper nouns):

    A group sharing common purposes or goals.

    Examples:

    "College of Cardinals'', ''College of Surgeons"

  3. College as a noun (politics):

    An electoral college.

  4. College as a noun:

    An academic institution.

  5. College as a noun:

    A specialized division of a university.

    Examples:

    "College of Engineering"

  6. College as a noun (chiefly, US):

    An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

  7. College as a noun (attributively, chiefly, US):

    Attendance at an institution of higher education.

    Examples:

    "These should be his college years, but he joined the Army."

  8. College as a noun (Canada, Israel):

    A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

  9. College as a noun (chiefly, UK):

    A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.

    Examples:

    "Pembroke College, Cambridge''; ''Balliol College, Oxford''; ''University College, London"

  10. College as a noun (UK):

    An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.

  11. College as a noun (UK):

    An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).

  12. College as a noun (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa):

    A high school or secondary school.

    Examples:

    "Eton College"

  13. College as a noun (Australia):

    A private (non-government) primary or high school.

  14. College as a noun (Australia):

    A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.

  15. College as a noun (in Chile):

    A bilingual school.

  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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