The difference between Graduand and Graduate
When used as nouns, graduand means a student who has completed the requirements for, but has not yet been awarded, a particular degree, whereas graduate means a person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
Graduate is also verb with the meaning: to be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
Graduate is also adjective with the meaning: graduated, arranged by degrees.
check bellow for the other definitions of Graduand and Graduate
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Graduand as a noun (British, Canadian):
A student who has completed the requirements for, but has not yet been awarded, a particular degree.
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Graduate as a noun:
A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
Examples:
"If the government wants graduates to stay in the country they should offer more incentives''."
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Graduate as a noun (US, Canada):
A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
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Graduate as a noun (Philippines):
A person who is recognized as having completed any level of education.
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Graduate as a noun:
A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
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Graduate as an adjective:
graduated, arranged by degrees
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Graduate as an adjective:
holding an academic degree
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Graduate as an adjective:
relating to an academic degree
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Graduate as a verb (intransitive, ergative):
To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
Examples:
"The man graduated in 1967."
"Trisha graduated from college."
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Graduate as a verb (transitive, proscribed):
To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
Examples:
"Trisha graduated college."
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Graduate as a verb (transitive):
To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
Examples:
"Indiana University graduated the student."
"The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules."
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Graduate as a verb (transitive):
To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
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Graduate as a verb (intransitive):
To change gradually.
Examples:
"sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz"
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Graduate as a verb:
To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
Examples:
"to graduate the heat of an oven"
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Graduate as a verb (chemistry):
To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
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Graduate as a verb:
To taper, as the tail of certain birds.