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English 14 Public

Same or different?

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co-ed / mixed-sex

same!

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play truant / skip school

same!

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teacher / professor

different - can you explain why?

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lecture / seminar

different - can you explain why?

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college / university

different - can you explain why?

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headteacher / principal

one is British English and the other is American English - which is which?

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pupil / student

it depends... can you explain why?

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curriculum / syllabus

different - can you explain why?

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scholarship / grant

generally used as synonyms, although technically different!

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to pass with flying colours / to scrape through

different - can you explain why?

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career / degree

different - can you explain why?

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school / college

different - can you explain why?

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math / maths

same! math is US spelling and MATHS is British English (UK spelling)

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I.T. / P.E.

different - what do the letters stand for?

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