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Anthology vs Anthropology - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between anthology and anthropology

is that anthology is a collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories while anthropology is the holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.

anthology

English

(wikipedia anthology)

Noun

(anthologies)
  • A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories.
  • (by extension) An assortment of things.

    • Derived terms

    () * anthologize * anthologizer

    Related terms

    * florilegium

    anthropology

    English

    (wikipedia anthropology)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
    • According to anthropology , there are six basic patterns of kinship terminology (i.e., "kin naming systems"): Sudanese, Hawaiian, Eskimo, Crow, Omaha, and Iroquois.

    Usage notes

    * Anthropology is distinguished from other social science disciplines by its emphasis on in-depth examination of context, cross-cultural comparisons, and the importance it places on long-term, experiential immersion in the area of research.

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    () * anthropologic * anthropological * anthropologist * cultural anthropology * social anthropology * paleoanthropology * physical anthropology * biological anthropology * linguistic anthropology * socio-cultural anthropology * neuroanthropology

    See also

    * archaeology * paleontology * sociology

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -ology