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Horticulture vs Botany - What's the difference?

horticulture | botany |

As nouns the difference between horticulture and botany

is that horticulture is the art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening while botany is (uncountable) the scientific study of plants, a branch of biology typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.

horticulture

English

(wikipedia horticulture)

Noun

(-)
  • The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.
  • Small-scale agriculture.

    • Derived terms

    * horticultural * horticulturally * horticulturist

    botany

    English

    (wikipedia botany)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
  • The plant life, or the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
  • (countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

    • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * botanically * botanist * botanize * Botany Bay

    Related terms

    * botanical