Monday, May 4, 2015

graduation, gradation

Graduation or graduation means the ceremony of receiving a degree or diploma--
Only three more weeks until graduation, and school is over!
I want to meet your parents when they come for graduation.

Graduation may also mean marking off in units to indicate degree or quantity, or some other measure--
Make the graduation marks as visible as those on a thermometer.

Gradation or gradation means a procees that takes place in a series of stages or degrees, or one of the stages or degrees in such a process--
The gradation is subtle, but if you compare the beginning to the end, you'll notice the difference.
The color changes from blue to green, in a noticeable gradation.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"We have made a set of graduation marks, anywhere we could notice the gradation to a lighter shade of gray."

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