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Cosmogeny vs Cosmogony - What's the difference?

cosmogeny | cosmogony |

Cosmogony is a synonym of cosmogeny.



As nouns the difference between cosmogeny and cosmogony

is that cosmogeny is cosmogony while cosmogony is the study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.

cosmogeny

English

Noun

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  • (dated) cosmogony
  • cosmogony

    Noun

    (cosmogonies)
  • The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
  • Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
  • The creation of the universe.
  • Synonyms

    * cosmogenesis * cosmogeny * cosmology

    Derived terms

    * cosmogonal * cosmogonic * cosmogonical * cosmogonically * cosmogonist

    See also

    * anthropogeny * cosmography * eschatology * theogony

    References

    * * cosmogony in Encyclopedia Britannica , 1911 ed. * cosmogony in Columbia Encyclopedia , 6th ed., at Bartleby.com. * cosmogony by J.P. Arendzen, in The Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York, 1911.