The difference between Concentration and Major
When used as nouns, concentration means the act, process or ability of concentrating, whereas major means a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel.
Major is also verb with the meaning: to concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university.
Major is also adjective with the meaning: of great significance or importance.
check bellow for the other definitions of Concentration and Major
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Concentration as a noun:
The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. The direction of attention to a specific object. The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation. The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
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Concentration as a noun:
A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
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Concentration as a noun (chemistry):
The proportion of a substance in a whole. The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
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Concentration as a noun:
The matching game pelmanism.
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Major as a noun:
a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel
Examples:
"He used to be a major in the army."
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Major as an adjective:
Of great significance or importance.
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Major as an adjective:
Greater in number, quantity, or extent
Examples:
"the major part of the assembly"
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Major as an adjective:
Of full legal age, having attained majority
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Major as an adjective (music):
Of a scale that follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone
Examples:
"A major scale."
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Major as an adjective (music):
Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
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Major as an adjective (music):
Containing the note a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
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Major as a noun (US, Canada, Australia, and, New Zealand):
The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
Examples:
"Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major."
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Major as a noun (US, Canada, Australia, and, New Zealand):
A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
Examples:
"She is a math major."
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Major as a noun:
A person of legal age.
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Major as a noun (logic):
The major premise.
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Major as a noun (Canadian football):
A touchdown, or major score.
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Major as a noun:
A large, commercially successful record label, as opposed to an indie.
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Major as a noun (British slang, dated):
An elder brother (especially at a public school).
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Major as a noun (zoology):
A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
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Major as a verb (intransitive):
to concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university
Examples:
"I have decided to major in mathematics."