department vs academic department

academic department vs department

department and academic department both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
department	Yes	No	No	No
academic department	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, academic department is a hyponym of department; that is, academic department is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than department:

department: a specialized division of a large organization
academic department: a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject

Other hyponyms of department include business department, personnel, personnel department, personnel office, staff office, government department, payroll, payroll department, security, security department.

department (noun)	academic department (noun)
a specialized sphere of knowledge	a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject
a specialized division of a large organization
the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Difference between department and academic department

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