Grad
Grad noun - A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
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PhD
PhD noun - A doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study.
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- Badass Bookworm: Jason Netherton and Mark Kloeppel, who are current PhD and grad students, respectively.
Source: Music / Misery Index - The nameless protagonist of PHD mainly serves as a generic representation of a grad school student, and has no distinguished personality or background.
Source: Vanilla Protagonist - The unnamed "protagonist" of PHD is the default representative of a typical grad student and is not given any distinctive characterization.
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