What is the difference between centigrade and celsius?

Question

In terms of temperature measurement

Both are same but why the different names, now farenhiet is only one so why not use just celsius. And when to use centigrade.

Answer 1

Centigrade is what Celsius called his temperature scale. Celsius is what it was renamed in his honor.

Answer 2

Centigrade degrees breaks the temperature between the melting and boiling points of water (called 0C and 100C) into 100 divisions. Anders Celsius was the name of the Swedish astronomer who first suggested the system. Doug

Answer 3

Nothing - Celsius is the person who designed the temperature scale. Since there are 100 degrees between 0 (freezing point of water) and 100 (boiling point of water) the "graduations" are "centigrade" so sometimes the scale is called Celsius and sometimes centigrade.

Answer 4

Anders Celsius was the 18th century physicist who invented the centigrade scale. He called his temperature scale "centigrade" as he divided the interval between the boiling and freezing points of water into 100 steps(centi=hundred). In the 20th century, it was decided that the centi- prefix should be reserved for indicating 1/100 of something(eg a centimeter is 0,01 meter, a centiliter is 0,01 liter and so on). In order to avoid confusion, it was decided that the centigrade scale had to change names, and it was renamed after its inventor. In other words, the centigrade scale is simply an older name of the Celsius scale.

Answer 5

Centigrade is the metric system for temperature and Fahrenheit is from the imperial system. -32F = 0 degrees Celsius! Just like miles is imperial and Kilometers is metric...just a different form of measurement!

Answer 6

Celcius is the name of the guy who invented it, centigrade merely indicates that it is a decimal system, which Farenheit is not

Answer 7

Centigrade is Celcius.

Answer 8

One and the same.

Answer 9

both are the same

Answer 10

none. It's the same thing.