baccalaureate vs degree

degree vs baccalaureate

baccalaureate and degree both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
baccalaureate	Yes	No	No	No
degree	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, degree is a hypernym of baccalaureate; that is, degree is a word with a broader meaning than baccalaureate:

baccalaureate: an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
degree: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study

Other hypernyms of baccalaureate include academic degree.

baccalaureate (noun)	degree (noun)
an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies	a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies	the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
	the highest power of a term or variable
	an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
	a measure for arcs and angles
	a unit of temperature on a specified scale
	a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

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