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Climatology vs Climatic - What's the difference?

climatology | climatic |

As a noun climatology

is the science that deals with climates, and investigates their phenomena and causes.

As an adjective climatic is

of, relating to or influenced by climate.

climatology

English

(wikipedia climatology)

Noun

(climatologies)
  • The science that deals with climates, and investigates their phenomena and causes.

    • Derived terms

    * bioclimatology * dendroclimatology * hydroclimatology * microclimatology * palaeoclimatology * synoptic climatology

    climatic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to or influenced by climate.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}

    Usage notes

    Do not confuse with climactic, which relates to climax.