Academic degree
Academic degree noun - An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
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Honorary degree and academic degree are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Honorary degree" with "Academic degree", this phrases are similar.
Honorary degree
Honorary degree noun - A degree conferred to honor the recipient.
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Academic degree and honorary degree are semantically related. You can use "Academic degree" instead a noun phrase "Honorary degree".
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