different between investiture vs graduation

English

Etymology

From Middle French investiture, from Medieval Latin invest?t?ra, from invest?re (“to clothe”).

Noun

investiture (plural investitures)

1. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
2. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.

Translations

Further reading

• investiture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• investiture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “investiture”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Investiture in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

French

Etymology

Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin invest?t?ra. Displaced Old French envesture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v?s.ti.ty?/

Noun

investiture f (plural investitures)

1. investiture
2. (politics) inauguration

Further reading

• “investiture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

investiture f

1. plural of investitura

Latin

Participle

invest?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of invest?t?rus

English

Etymology

graduate +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???æd?u?e???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ædju?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

graduation (countable and uncountable, plural graduations)

1. The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

2. A commencement ceremony.
3. (sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval.

   Synonym: scale

4. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

Synonyms

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Translations

References

Anagrams

• argonautid

French

Noun

graduation f (plural graduations)

1. graduation sense #3 (A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval)
2. The process of creating such markings.
3. Encoding of a sound or image producing a digital signal of which one may use a greater or lesser part corresponding to better or worse quality.