What is the difference between an “alumnae, alumni” and an “alum?”?

Alumnus is a second declension noun in Latin. It is masculine in gender which does not have quite the same meaning as it does in English. The nominative singular form is alumnus. The nominative plural form is Alumni. Alum is just a short way of saying alumnus. Alumnae would be the nominative plural form, if the word were feminine in gender and first declension, which it is not.

Recapitulation:

Alumnus -singular

Alumni-plural, correct for men and women

Alum- singular, short form

Alumnae-plural

Difference Between Alum And Alumni

Singular Form Of Alumni

great question madhavi:) yOU know though these words sound synonimous but still there lies a “deep” difference !! Happiness can be found of things which may not even be beneficial to our spiritual or psychological aspect like we may go out & have our favourite dish & clothes etc., we would feel happy. But satisfaction comes from a kind of achievent, if we get good grades in studies we would get a positive feeling that says “hard word paid off” now thats more beneficial isn’t it ;p[ Now peace…. I think it depends on what attitude we adopt towads the “activities” we do for “happiness” or either “satisfaction”, peace actually exist in our self, it just has to be found by us. A person of ignorance might feel peace while a hard worker could be strresed. It can be even oposite to that . So peace needs to found by us.