Salutatorian vs. Valedictorian

Salutatoriannoun

(US) The person who graduates high school with the second-highest GPA and thus gets to give a salutatorian's address during the graduation ceremony.

Salutatoriannoun

The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, - an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.

Salutatoriannoun

the graduating student with the second highest academic rank; delivers the opening address at graduation exercises

Salutatorian

Salutatorian is an academic title given in the United States, Armenia, and the Philippines to the second-highest-ranked graduate of the entire graduating class of a specific discipline. Only the valedictorian is ranked higher.

Valedictoriannoun

The individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell or valedictory address, usually the person who graduates with the highest grades.

Valedictoriannoun

The individual in a graduating class who graduates with the highest grades.

Valedictoriannoun

One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship.

Valedictoriannoun

the student with the best grades who delivers the valedictory at graduation

Valedictorian

Valedictorian is an academic title of success used in the United States, Canada, Kuwait, Egypt, Philippines, and Greece (and elsewhere in a limited number of schools) for the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony (called a valediction). The chosen valedictorian is traditionally the student with the highest academic standing among their graduating class, and that standing is commonly determined by a numerical formula for Grade Point Average (GPA), but other methods of selection are also in use.