Anthropology vs Anthropoid - What's the difference?
anthropology | anthropoid |
The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
having characteristics of a human being, usually in terms of shape or appearance
having characteristics of an ape
An anthropoid animal.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 1
As nouns the difference between anthropology and anthropoid
is that anthropology is the holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method while anthropoid is an anthropoid animal.As an adjective anthropoid is
having characteristics of a human being, usually in terms of shape or appearance.anthropology
English
(wikipedia anthropology)Noun
(-)- 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 alsoDerived terms
() * anthropologic * anthropological * anthropologist * cultural anthropology * social anthropology * paleoanthropology * physical anthropology * biological anthropology * linguistic anthropology * socio-cultural anthropology * neuroanthropologySee also
* archaeology * paleontology * sociologyExternal links
* * English words suffixed with -ologyanthropoid
English
(wikipedia anthropoid)Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- The tribe of anthropoids over which Kerchak ruled with an iron hand and bared fangs, numbered some six or eight families, each family consisting of an adult male with his females and their young, numbering in all some sixty or seventy apes.