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Re:Paul Graham: News from the Front by abstractbill on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @04:51PM (#50692)
Interesting. Wikipedia thinks the two are synonymous:

"In academia, a thesis or dissertation is a document that presents the author's research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature for a degree or professional qualification."

[from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis]

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Re:Paul Graham: News from the Front by dfranke on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @04:58PM (#50697)
Npk is correct, but it's a pedantic distinction. Most people, apparently including the Wikipedia editors, just use the two words interchangably.

Edit: yikes. Somebody went on a downmodding spree on this thread.

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Re:Paul Graham: News from the Front by npk on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @11:49PM (#50921)
I asked all my academic friends, and I've come to the conclusion that it is a pedantic distinction. But it's useful to have two different words for the two separate concepts :)
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