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literacy
Noun
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Literacy is the ability to read and write.
The city has a literacy program for troubled young people.
The state has a 98% literacy rate, the highest in the country.
education
Noun
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Someone gets an education if that person learns something or if somebody teaches that person something, usually at school.
More and more people are starting work with a university education.
He studied German by himself, but he has no formal education.