College vs. Institute

Collegenoun

(obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

Collegenoun

(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.

Collegenoun

(politics) An electoral college.

Collegenoun

An academic institution.

Collegenoun

A specialized division of a university.

Collegenoun

An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

Collegenoun

Attendance at an institution of higher education.

Collegenoun

A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

Collegenoun

A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.

Collegenoun

(UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.

Collegenoun

(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).

Collegenoun

A high school or secondary school.

Collegenoun

(Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.

Collegenoun

(Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.

Collegenoun

(in Chile) A bilingual school.

Collegenoun

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

Collegenoun

A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.

Collegenoun

A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.

Collegenoun

Fig.: A community.

Collegenoun

the body of faculty and students of a college

Collegenoun

an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

Collegenoun

British slang for prison

Collegenoun

a complex of buildings in which a college is housed

College

A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, or a secondary school.

Institutenoun

An organization founded to promote a cause

Institutenoun

An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects

Institutenoun

The building housing such an institution

Institutenoun

(obsolete) The act of instituting; institution.

Institutenoun

(obsolete) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.

Institutenoun

The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Instituteverb

(transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found.

Instituteverb

To train, instruct.

Instituteverb

To nominate; to appoint.

Instituteverb

To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

Instituteadjective

(obsolete) Established; organized; founded.

Institute

Established; organized; founded.

Instituteverb

To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.

Instituteverb

To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.

Instituteverb

To nominate; to appoint.

Instituteverb

To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

Instituteverb

To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.

Instituteverb

To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

Institutenoun

The act of instituting; institution.

Institutenoun

That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.

Institutenoun

Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n.

Institutenoun

An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; The Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.

Institutenoun

The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Institutenoun

an association organized to promote art or science or education

Instituteverb

set up or lay the groundwork for;

Instituteverb

avance or set forth in court;

Institute

An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics.