Definition of difference for English Language Learners. : 1  the quality that makes one person or thing unlike another. : 2  something that people do not agree about : a disagreement in opinion. : 3  the degree or amount by which things differ.
The term Honours degree has different meanings for different degrees. Most commonly it is an award in connection with undergraduate bachelor's degree variations.ery rarely is the term used for the master's degree; for example, the four-year undergraduate degree at Ancient Scottish universities is abbreviated MA (Hons).
Hi, not sure what country you are based in, but if you're part of the EU, then BSC (Hons) is part of a 10-tier referencing system that all learning institutions in the EU adher to. The (Hons) part is in no way related to your grade. You can still earn an honours Hons degree, or simpley a pass.n Scotland around 1960, an Ordinary or General degree (MA or BSc) took three years and a combination of five or more subjects. Two subjects had to be studied for two years, and the rest for one. An Honours degree took four years, and four subjects.