Botany is a related term of chemistry.
In uncountable terms the difference between chemistry and botany
is that 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 while botany is the scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
In countable terms the difference between chemistry and botany
is that chemistry is an application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance while botany is a botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
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
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
