different between faculty vs comprehension
faculty
English
Etymology
From Middle English faculte (“power, property”), from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas (“capability, ability, skill, abundance, plenty, stock, goods, property; in Medieval Latin also a body of teachers”), another form of facilitas (“easiness, facility, etc.”), from facul, another form of facilis (“easy, facile”); see facile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæ.k?l.ti/
Noun
faculty (plural faculties)
- (chiefly US) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
- A division of a university.
- Often in the plural: an ability, power, or skill.
- An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
- (Church of England) A licence to make alterations to a church.
- The members of a profession.
Usage notes
In the sense of academic staff at a university, academic staff, teaching staff or simply staff are preferred in British English.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:faculty
Related terms
- facultative
Translations
Further reading
- faculty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- faculty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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comprehension
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehensi? (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) +? prehend? (“take”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?mp???h?n?n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?mp???h?n?n?/
Noun
comprehension (countable and uncountable, plural comprehensions)
- thorough understanding
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a list in some functional programming languages.
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
Synonyms
- understanding
Related terms
Translations
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