Main Difference
The main difference between College and Institute is that the College is a educational institution and Institute is a organisational body created for a certain purpose
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College
A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, or an institution offering vocational education.
In the United States, “college” may refer to a constituent part of a university or to a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, but generally “college” and “university” are used interchangeably, whereas in the United Kingdom, Oceania, South Asia and Southern Africa, “college” may refer to a secondary or high school, a college of further education, a training institution that awards trade qualifications, a higher education provider that does not have university status (often without its own degree-awarding powers), or a constituent part of a university (See this comparison of British and American English educational terminology for further information).
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Institute
An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose.
Often they are research organisations (research institutions) created to do research on specific topics. An institute can also be a professional body, or one involved in adult education, see Mechanics’ Institutes.
In some countries institutes can be part of a university or other institutions of higher education, either as a group of departments or an autonomous educational institution without a traditional university status such as a “university Institute”. (See Institute of Technology)
The word “institute” comes from the Latin word institutum meaning “facility” or “habit”; from instituere meaning “build”, “create”, “raise” or “educate”.
In some countries, such as South Korea and Japan, private schools are sometimes referred to as institutes, rather than schools. In Spain secondary schools are referred to as institutes.
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College (noun)
A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
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College (noun)
A group sharing common purposes or goals.
“College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons”
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College (noun)
An electoral college.
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College (noun)
An academic institution. From 1560s.
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College (noun)
A specialized division of a university.
“College of Engineering”
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College (noun)
An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
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College (noun)
Attendance at an institution of higher education.
“These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.”
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College (noun)
A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate’s degrees.
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College (noun)
A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
“Pembroke College, Cambridge; Balliol College, Oxford; University College, London”
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College (noun)
An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
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College (noun)
An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
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College (noun)
A high school or secondary school.
“Eton College”
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College (noun)
A private (non-government) primary or high school.
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College (noun)
A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
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College (noun)
A bilingual school.
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Institute (noun)
An organization founded to promote a cause
“I work in a medical research institute.”
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Institute (noun)
An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
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Institute (noun)
The building housing such an institution
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Institute (noun)
The act of instituting; institution.
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Institute (noun)
That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
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Institute (noun)
The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
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Institute (verb)
To begin or initiate (something); to found.
“He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.”
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Institute (verb)
To train, instruct.
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Institute (verb)
To nominate; to appoint.
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Institute (verb)
To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
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Institute (adjective)
Established; organized; founded.