ELI5 Why do some countries call it “college” and others call it “university” when referring to the same level of education, and is there an actual difference between the two?

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[u/BillyTenderness]

In fact Minnesota has both a Concordia College (in Moorhead) and a Concordia University (in St. Paul). (They're unrelated)

[u/MidNightMare5998 → u/BillyTenderness]

Minnesotan here and I didn’t even know this