Department (noun)
A part, portion, or subdivision.
Department (noun)
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
“Technical things are not his department; he’s a people person.”
Department (noun)
A subdivision of an organization.
Department (noun)
One of the principal divisions of executive government
“the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department”
Department (noun)
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes. In France, a department is smaller than a region
Department (noun)
A military subdivision of a country
“the Department of the Potomac”
Department (noun)
Act of departing; departure.
Faculty (noun)
The universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.
Faculty (noun)
A division of a university.
“She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.”
Faculty (noun)
An ability, skill, or power, often plural.
“He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.”
Faculty (noun)
A power, authority or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
Faculty (noun)
A licence to make alterations to a church.
Faculty (noun)
The members of a profession.
Department (noun)
a division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity
“the council’s finance department”
Department (noun)
an administrative district in France and other countries
“the turnout was particularly low in rural departments”
Department (noun)
an area of special expertise or responsibility
“that’s not my department”
Department (noun)
a specified aspect or quality
“he was a bit lacking in the height department”
Faculty (noun)
an inherent mental or physical power
“her critical faculties”
“the faculty of sight”
Faculty (noun)
an aptitude for doing something
“his faculty for taking the initiative”
Faculty (noun)
a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge
“the Faculty of Arts”
“the law faculty”
Faculty (noun)
the teaching or research staff of a group of university departments viewed as a body
“there were then no tenured women on the faculty”
Faculty (noun)
the members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively.
Faculty (noun)
a licence or authorization from a Church authority
“the vicar introduced certain ornaments without the necessary faculty to do so”