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Geography vs Astronomy - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between geography and astronomy

is that geography is the study of the physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth while astronomy is the study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.

geography

English

Noun

(wikipedia geography) (wikiversity)
  • The study of the physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth.
  • The physical structure of a particular region; terrain.
  • * 1973 , Helen Miller Bailey, Abraham Phineas Nasatir, Latin America: the development of its civilization
    • The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the development of those Spanish cities in the interior.

    Derived terms

    * biogeography * geographer * geographic * geographical * phytogeography * zoogeography

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    astronomy

    English

    (wikipedia astronomy) (wikiversity astronomy lecture)

    Noun

    (astronomies)
  • The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.

    • Usage notes

    * The study of the physical processes which control matter and energy in the universe is commonly called astrophysics. The investigation of the origin, evolution, and fate of the universe itself is called cosmology.

    Derived terms

    () * archaeoastronomy * archeoastronomy * astronomer * infrared astronomy * neutrino astronomy * optical astronomy * paleoastronomy * radar astronomy * radio astronomy * X-ray astronomy

    Related terms

    () * astral * astrologist * astrology * astronomer * astronomical * astronomically * astrometry * astrophysics

    See also

    * cosmology * uranology