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course credit vs credit hour

credit hour vs course credit

course credit and credit hour both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
course credit Yes No No No
credit hour Yes No No No
As nouns, credit hour is a hyponym of course credit; that is, credit hour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than course credit:
  • course credit: recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
  • credit hour: a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
Other hyponyms of course credit include semester hour.
course credit (noun) credit hour (noun)
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
Difference between course credit and credit hour

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