How to sign: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
"he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude";
Similiar / Same: academic degree
Categories: accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels, makings, qualification
Within this category: associate degree, bachelor's degree, doctor's degree, honorary degree, honours, law degree, master's degree
How to sign: a unit of temperature on a specified scale
"the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature";
Categories: temperature unit
Within this category: degree Centigrade, degree Fahrenheit