graduate vs matriculate

graduate

adj
  • relating to an academic degree 

  • graduated, arranged by degrees 

  • holding an academic degree 

noun
  • A person who is recognized as having completed any level of education. 

  • A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution. 

  • A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring. 

  • A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school. 

verb
  • To taper, as the tail of certain birds. 

  • To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution). 

  • To change gradually. 

  • To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc. 

  • To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution. 

  • To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. 

  • To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of. 

  • The man graduated in 1967. 

  • To certify (a student) as having earned a degree 

  • Of an idol: to exit a group; or of a virtual YouTuber, to leave a management agency; usually accompanied with "graduation ceremony" send-offs, increased focus on the leaving member, and the like. 

matriculate

noun
  • A person admitted to membership in a society. 

verb
  • To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. 

  • To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university 

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