Institution vs. College

Institutionnoun

A custom or practice of a society or community.

Institutionnoun

An organization similarly long established and respected, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.

Institutionnoun

The building or buildings which house such an organization.

Institutionnoun

(informal) Other places or businesses similarly long established and respected.

Institutionnoun

(informal) A person similarly long established in a place, position, or field.

Institutionnoun

The act of instituting something.

Institutionnoun

(obsolete) That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.

Institutionnoun

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

Institutionnoun

Instruction; education.

Institutionnoun

That which instituted or established

Institutionnoun

An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution.

Institutionnoun

That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.

Institutionnoun

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

Institutionnoun

an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

Institutionnoun

a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society;

Institutionnoun

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;

Institutionnoun

a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Institution

Institutions, according to Samuel P. Huntington, are . Institutions can refer to mechanisms which govern the behavior of a set of individuals within a given community, and are identified with a social purpose, transcending individuals and intentions by mediating the rules that govern living behavior.

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.