academia vs college

academia

noun
  • Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship. 

  • The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. 

college

noun
  • An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates. 

  • A university. 

  • An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form. 

  • A high school or secondary school. 

  • A private (non-government) primary or high school. 

  • A government high school, short for junior college. 

  • A group sharing common purposes or goals. 

  • An electoral college. 

  • A specialized division of a university. 

  • A bilingual school. 

  • A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors. 

  • An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age). 

  • A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc. 

  • A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees. 

How often have the words academia and college occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )