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Biology vs Genealogy - What's the difference?

biology | genealogy |

As nouns the difference between biology and genealogy

is that biology is the study of all life or living matter while genealogy is the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.

biology

English

(wikipedia 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

    *

    genealogy

    English

    (wikipedia genealogy) (wikiversity genealogy lecture)

    Alternative forms

    * geneology (common misspelling)

    Noun

  • (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
  • (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
  • (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.

    • Synonyms

    * pedigree

    Related terms

    * genealogical * genealogically * genealogist

    See also

    * family history