Degree vs. Major
Difference Between Degree and Major
Degreenoun
One of a series of steps in a process, course, or progression; a stage
proceeded to the next degree of difficulty.Majoradjective
Greater than others in importance or rank
a major artist.Degreenoun
A step in a direct hereditary line of descent or ascent
First cousins are two degrees from their common ancestor.Majoradjective
Great in scope or effect
a major improvement.Degreenoun
Relative social or official rank, dignity, or position.
Majoradjective
Great in number, size, or extent
the major portion of the population.Degreenoun
Relative intensity or amount, as of a quality or attribute
a high degree of accuracy.Majoradjective
Requiring great attention or concern; very serious
a major illness.Degreenoun
The extent or measure of a state of being, an action, or a relation
modernized their facilities to a large degree.Majoradjective
(Law) Legally recognized as having reached the age of adulthood.
Degreenoun
A unit division of a temperature scale.
Majoradjective
Of or relating to the field of academic study in which a student specializes.
Degreenoun
(Mathematics) A planar unit of angular measure equal in magnitude to 1/360 of a complete revolution.
Majoradjective
Designating a scale or mode having half steps between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth degrees.
Degreenoun
A unit of latitude or longitude, equal to 1/360 of a great circle.
Majoradjective
Equivalent to the distance between the tonic note and the second or third or sixth or seventh degrees of a major scale or mode
a major interval.Degreenoun
The greatest sum of the exponents of the variables in a term of a polynomial or polynomial equation.
Majoradjective
Based on a major scale
a major key.Degreenoun
The exponent of the derivative of highest order in a differential equation in standard form.
Majornoun
A commissioned rank in the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above captain and below lieutenant colonel.
Degreenoun
An academic title given by a college or university to a student who has completed a course of study
received the Bachelor of Arts degree at commencement.Majornoun
One who holds this rank or a similar rank in another military organization.
Degreenoun
A similar title conferred as an honorary distinction.
Majornoun
One that is superior in rank, importance, or ability
an oil-producing country considered as one of the majors.Degreenoun
(Law) A division or classification of a specific crime according to its seriousness
murder in the second degree.Majornoun
(Law) One recognized by the law as having reached the age of adulthood.
Degreenoun
A classification of the severity of an injury, especially a burn
a third-degree burn.Majornoun
A field of study chosen as an academic specialty.
Degreenoun
(Grammar) One of the forms used in the comparison of adjectives and adverbs. For example, tall is the positive degree, taller the comparative degree, and tallest the superlative degree of the adjective tall.
Majornoun
A student specializing in such studies
a linguistics major.Degreenoun
One of the seven notes of a diatonic scale.
Majornoun
A major premise.
Degreenoun
A space or line of the staff.
Majornoun
A major term.
Degreenoun
A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
Majornoun
A major scale, key, interval, or mode.
Degreenoun
An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
Majornoun
A chord containing a major third between the first and second notes and a minor third between the second and third notes.
Degreenoun
A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
Majornoun
majors Sports The major leagues.
Degreenoun
(genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
Majorverb
To pursue academic studies in a major
majoring in mathematics.Degreenoun
One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
Majornoun
a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel
He used to be a major in the army.Degreenoun
The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?Majornoun
The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.Degreenoun
A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.Majornoun
A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
She is a math major.Degreenoun
(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
A right angle is a ninety degree angle.Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.Majornoun
A person of legal age.
Degreenoun
(physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
180 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 100 degrees Celsius.Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.Majornoun
(logic) The major premise.
Degreenoun
(algebra) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.Majornoun
(Canadian football) An alternate term for touchdown; short for "major score".
Degreenoun
The dimensionality of a field extension.
The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers.The Galois field has degree 3 over its subfieldMajornoun
A large, commercially successful record label, as opposed to an indie.
Degreenoun
(graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
Majornoun
An elder brother (especially at a public school).
Degreenoun
(logic) The number of logical connectives in a formula.
Majornoun
(zoology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
Degreenoun
(surveying) The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
Majoradjective
Of great significance or importance.
Degreenoun
(geography) A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
Majoradjective
Greater in number, quantity, or extent
the major part of the assemblyDegreenoun
(grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
Majoradjective
Of full legal age, having attained majority
Degreenoun
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality;
a moderate degree of intelligencea high level of care is requiredit is all a matter of degreeMajoradjective
(music) Of a scale that follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone
A major scale.Degreenoun
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;
a remarkable degree of franknessat what stage are the social sciences?Majoradjective
(music) Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
Degreenoun
an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;
he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laudeMajoradjective
(music) Containing the note a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
Degreenoun
a unit of temperature on a specified scale;
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperatureMajorverb
(intransitive) to concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university
I have decided to major in mathematics.Degreenoun
a measure for arcs and angles;
there are 360 degrees in a circleMajornoun
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
Degreenoun
the highest power of a term or variable
Majornoun
British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
Degreenoun
the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime);
murder in the second degreea second degree burnMajornoun
a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject;
she is a linguistics majorMajornoun
the principal field of study of a student at a university;
her major is linguisticsMajorverb
have as one's principal field of study;
She is majoring in linguisticsMajoradjective
of greater importance or stature or rank;
a major artista major rolemajor highwaysMajoradjective
greater in scope or effect;
a major contributiona major improvementa major break with traditiona major misunderstandingMajoradjective
greater in number or size or amount;
a major portion (a majority) of the populationUrsa Majora major portion of the winningsMajoradjective
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes;
his major field was mathematicsMajoradjective
of a scale or mode;
major scalesthe key of D majorMajoradjective
of greater seriousness or danger;
a major earthquakea major hurricanea major illnessMajoradjective
of full legal age;
major childrenMajoradjective
of the elder of two boys with the same family name;
Jones major
