Degree vs. Fahrenheit — What's the Difference?

A unit of measurement for angles.

A temperature scale with 32° as freezing point of water and 212° as its boiling point.

A unit indicating temperature on a scale.

Relating to, or measured according to this scale.

A level or amount of something.

A system to represent temperature, especially in the U.S.

A title awarded by a university.

Named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, its inventor.

(Grammar) One of the forms used in the comparison of adjectives and adverbs. For example, tall is the positive degree, taller the comparative degree, and tallest the superlative degree of the adjective tall.

Distinct from Celsius and Kelvin scales.

Social or official rank

German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)

A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.

Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to celsius.

(genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.

The Fahrenheit scale ( or ) is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) as the unit.

A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;

Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32° and the boiling point as 212° at one atmosphere of pressure. See Table at measurement.

The highest power of a term or variable

The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present

A unit of measurement of angles, one ninetieth of a right angle or the angle subtended by one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the circumference of a circle

A unit in any of various scales of temperature, intensity, or hardness

One of a series of steps in a process, course, or progression; a stage

A step in a direct hereditary line of descent or ascent

Relative social or official rank, dignity, or position.

Relative intensity or amount, as of a quality or attribute

The extent or measure of a state of being, an action, or a relation

(Mathematics) A planar unit of angular measure equal in magnitude to 1/360 of a complete revolution.

A unit of latitude or longitude, equal to 1/360 of a great circle.

The greatest sum of the exponents of the variables in a term of a polynomial or polynomial equation.

The exponent of the derivative of highest order in a differential equation in standard form.

An academic title given by a college or university to a student who has completed a course of study

A similar title conferred as an honorary distinction.

(Law) A division or classification of a specific crime according to its seriousness

A classification of the severity of an injury, especially a burn

One of the seven notes of a diatonic scale.

A space or line of the staff.

A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)

(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 360 of a circle's circumference.

(physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.

(algebra) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.

The dimensionality of a field extension.

(graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.

(logic) The number of logical connectives in a formula.

(surveying) The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.

(geography) A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.

(grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.

A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.

An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.

The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.

A step, stair, or staircase.

One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.

The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position.

Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree.

Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; also, (informal) the diploma provided by an educational institution attesting to the achievement of that rank; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.; to hang one's degrees on the office wall.

A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.

Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.

State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree.

A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.

A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.

A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality;

An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;

A unit of temperature on a specified scale;

A measure for arcs and angles;

The seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime);

An academic rank conferred by a college or university after examination or after completion of a course, or conferred as an honour on a distinguished person

A unit division of a temperature scale.

One's relative state or experience; way, manner.

A step or stage in a process.

A full circle comprises 360 degrees.

Yes, degree can refer to academic milestones, such as a bachelor's or master's.

A degree is a unit of measurement for angles or temperature.

Yes, the symbol for degree is °.

Yes, it can also signify a level, extent, or intensity of something.

The Fahrenheit scale was introduced by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

Fahrenheit is a specific scale for measuring temperature.

Fahrenheit is primarily used in the U.S., while other regions use Celsius.

Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

They have different reference points; water freezes at 32°F and boils at 212°F, while in Celsius, it freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C.