The difference between Department and School

When used as nouns, department means a part, portion, or subdivision, 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 Department and School

  1. Department as a noun:

    A part, portion, or subdivision.

  2. Department as a noun:

    A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.

    Examples:

    "Technical things are not his department; he's a people person."

  3. Department as a noun (often, in proper names):

    A subdivision of an organization. One of the principal divisions of executive government One of the divisions of instructions

    Examples:

    "the Treasury Department''; ''the Department of Agriculture''; ''police department"

    "the physics department''; ''the gender studies department"

  4. Department as a noun:

    A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes. In France, a department is smaller than a region

  5. Department as a noun (historical):

    A military subdivision of a country

    Examples:

    "usex the Department of the Potomac"

  6. Department as a noun (obsolete):

    Act of departing; departure.

  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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