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Cosmology vs Cosmogony - What's the difference?

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Cosmogony is a related term of cosmology.

Cosmogony is a synonym of cosmology.



As nouns the difference between cosmology and cosmogony

is that cosmology is the study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate 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.

cosmology

English

Noun

  • The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.
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  • A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.
  • A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe.

    • Related terms

    * cosmologist * cosmogony * cosmological

    See also

    * eschatology * big bang theory * steady state theory

    cosmogony

    English

    (wikipedia cosmogony) (wikiversity cosmogony lecture)

    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.