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Academia vs. Academe — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Academia and Academe

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Academia

The environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship
He spent his working life in academia

Academe

The academic environment or community; academia
Bridging the gap between industry and academe
A lifetime in the groves of academe

Academia

The academic community; academe.

Academe

The academic environment, community, or world.

Academia

(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.
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Academe

Academic life.

Academia

Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.

Academe

A place in which instruction is given to students.

Academia

The academic world

Academe

A scholar, especially a pedant.
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Academe

(historical) The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.

Academe

(poetic) An academy; a place of learning.

Academe

(poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community.

Academe

A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.

Academe

An academy.

Academe

The academic world

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