Grade
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To assign scores to the components of an academic test. To assign a score to overall academic performance. To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface. To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A rating. A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality. A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage A level of pre-collegiate education. A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level). An area that has been graded by a grader (construction machine) The level of the ground. An angular measure equal to a 90th part of a right angle; a degree
Example sentence: I got my first computer in the 6th grade or so. As soon as I got it, I was interested in finding out how it worked and how the programs worked and then figuring out how to write programs at just deeper and deeper levels within the system.
Rate
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An amount measured in relation to another amount.A price or fee determined in relation to a particular scale or standard.A price per unit for a service or product.The relative speed of change or progress.A measure of the frequency of a given event, typically expressed as the number of occurrences of the event for every thousand or hundred thousand people in the total population considered.Wages calculated in relation to a unit of time.A level of quality.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.To evaluate or estimate the value of.To consider or regard.To deserve; to be worth.To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.(chiefly ) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.To like; to think highly of.To have position (in a certain class).To have value or standing.To berate.
Example sentence: Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.