different between tuition vs matriculation

English

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuiti? (“guard, protection, defense”), from tu?ri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: to?o?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /tu????n/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tyo?o?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /tju?????n/
• (India) enPR: tyo?o'sh?n, IPA^(key): /?tju???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

tuition (countable and uncountable, plural tuitions)

1. (Canada, US) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).

   Synonym: (UK) tuition fees

2. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
   1. (India) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)

3. (archaic) Care, guardianship.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1 Scene 1:

     BENEDICK. I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you—

     CLAUDIO. To the tuition of God: from my house, if I had it,—

     DON PEDRO. The sixth of July: your loving friend, Benedick.

     BENEDICK. Nay, mock not, mock not.

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Further reading

• tuition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tuition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Noun

matriculation (countable and uncountable, plural matriculations)

1. enrollment in a college or university
2. A pass in some university examinations
3. (Scotland) A registration of armorial bearings

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References

• OED 2004