As nouns the difference between biology and chemistry
is that biology is the study of all life or living matter while chemistry is the branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
biology
Noun
The study of all life or living matter.
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The living organisms of a particular region.
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The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.
- the biology of the whale
Synonyms
* , life science, life sciences
Meronyms
* See also
Derived terms
* actinobiology
* aerobiology
* agrobiology
* astrobiology
* chemical biology
* chronobiology
* cryobiology
* developmental biology
* electrobiology
* evolutionary biology
* evolutionary developmental biology
* exobiology
* forensic biology
* geobiology
* geomicrobiology
* glycobiology
* hydrobiology
* immunobiology
* macrobiology
* marine biology
* microbiology
* molecular biology
* neurobiology
* nonbiology
* palaeobiology
* paleobiology
* pathobiology
* photobiology
* phytobiology
* psychobiology
* radiation biology
* radiobiology
* sociobiology
* soil microbiology
* space biology
* structural biology
* synthetic biology
* synthetic-biology
* systems biology
* xenobiology
Related terms
* biological
* biologically
* biologic
* biologism
* biologist
* biologize
See also
*
chemistry
Noun
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
- the chemistry of iron
- the chemistry of indigo
(informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
Usage notes
* Historical note:'' This word and its derivatives were formerly spelled ''chy-'' or sometimes ''chi-'' (''i.e.'', ''chymistry'', ''chymist'', ''chymical'', ''etc.'', or ''chimistry'', ''chimist'', ''chimical , etc.) with pronunciation depending on the spelling.
Meronyms
* See also
Derived terms
(terms derived from chemistry)
* actinochemistry
* agrochemistry
* applied chemistry
* astrochemistry
* atmochemistry
* bacteriochemistry, bacterio-chemistry
* biochemistry
* biogeochemistry
* bucket chemistry
* carbochemistry
* click chemistry
* clinical biochemistry
* clinical chemistry
* combinatorial chemistry
* computational chemistry
* coordination chemistry
* cosmochemistry
* cryochemistry
* cytochemistry
* dendrochemistry
* ecochemistry
* electrochemistry
* endochemistry
* exochemistry
* femtochemistry
* fluorochemistry
* galactochemistry
* geochemistry
* glycochemistry
* haematochemistry
* heliochemistry
* histochemistry
* hydrochemistry
* hydrogenochemistry
* hydrogeochemistry
* iatrochemistry
* immunochemistry
* immunocytochemistry
* immunohistochemistry
* inorganic chemistry
* isotopic chemistry
* limnochemistry, limno-chemistry
* lipochemistry
* lithochemistry
* macrochemistry
* magnetochemistry
* mechanochemistry
* medicinal chemistry
* membrane mimetic chemistry
* metallobiochemistry
* meteorochemistry
* microchemistry
* mineralochemistry
* nanochemistry
* neurobiochemistry
* neurochemistry
* nitrochemistry
* nonchemistry
* nuclear chemistry
* nucleochemistry
* oceanochemistry
* oleochemistry
* organic chemistry
* organochemistry, organo-chemistry
* organometallic chemistry
* oxy-chemistry
* palaeogeochemistry
* pedochemistry
* petrochemistry
* petrolochemistry
* pharmacochemistry
* photochemistry
* photoelectrochemistry
* photomechanochemistry
* physical chemistry
* physiological chemistry
* phytochemistry
* piezochemistry
* plasmochemistry
* pneumochemistry
* polychemistry
* practical chemistry
* pure chemistry
* pyrochemistry
* quantum chemistry
* radiation chemistry
* radiochemistry
* regiochemistry
* selenochemistry
* semiochemistry
* silico-chemistry
* sociochemistry
* soil biochemistry
* soil chemistry
* sonochemistry
* spectrochemistry
* spectroelectrochemistry
* stereochemistry
* thermochemistry
* toxicochemistry, toxico-chemistry
* virochemistry
* wet chemistry
* xenochemistry
* xylochemistry
*
* zoochemistry
Related terms
(terms related to chemistry)
* alchemy
* chemical
* chemical equation
* chemist
