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Botany vs Zoology - What's the difference?

botany | zoology |

As nouns the difference between botany and zoology

is that botany is the scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant while zoology is that part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

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

    zoology

    English

    (wikipedia zoology) (wikiversity zoology lecture)

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (zoologies)
  • that part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.
  • a treatise on this science.

    • Derived terms

    * zoological * zoologist