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Diagenesis vs Digenesis - What's the difference?

diagenesis | digenesis |

As nouns the difference between diagenesis and digenesis

is that diagenesis is (geology) all the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes while digenesis is (biology) the alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.

diagenesis

English

(wikipedia diagenesis)

Noun

(diageneses)
  • (geology) All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes.

    • Derived terms

    * diagenetic

    digenesis

    English

    Noun

    (digeneses)
  • (biology) The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.

    • Synonyms

    * metagenesis

    Derived terms

    * digenetic

    See also

    * parthenogenesis