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Ecotype vs Ectype - What's the difference?

ecotype | ectype |

As nouns the difference between ecotype and ectype

is that ecotype is (ecology) a group of organisms, normally a subdivision of a species, that is adapted to a specific environment while ectype is (philosophy) a copy; usually contrasted with the original, or archetype .

ecotype

English

Noun

(wikipedia ecotype) (en noun)
  • (ecology) A group of organisms, normally a subdivision of a species, that is adapted to a specific environment.
  • * 1995 , C. Wayne Smith, Crop Production: Evolution, History, and Technology , page 234,
    • These four Japanese introductions probably were of the Japonica ecotype .
  • * 1997 , Steven R. Radosevich, Jodie S. Holt, Claudio Ghersa, Weed Ecology: Implications for Management page 78,
    • She collected rhizomes of two ecotypes', a northern '''ecotype''' originally from Yellowstone County, Montana, and a southern ' ecotype from an agricultural field near Hollister, California.
  • * 1997 , Mark R. Macnair, The evolution of plants in metal-contaminated environments'', in Rudolf Bijlsma, Volker Loeschcke (editors), ''Environmental Stress, Adaptation, and Evolution , page 19,
    • The more interesting question is, What is the difference between an endemic and an ecotype ?

    Synonyms

    * ecospecies

    ectype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) A copy; usually contrasted with the original, or archetype.
  • * 2001 , Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review , Issues 170-172, page 30,
    • If my account is correct, both archetypes and ectypes' are 'real' insofar as they are composed of ideas of sensation. But I draw a distinction that Johnson does not acknowledge, viz., a distinction between ontological and epistemic ' ectypes .
  • * 2004 , Jean-Luc Marion, James K. A. Smith (translator), The Crossing of the Visible , page 38,
    • The painting traces itself from itself by suddenly appearing in these ectypes'. But the ' ectypes only mark the final accomplishment of this sudden appearance.
  • * 2008 , Ryan L. Showler, Archetypal and Ectypal Ideals in Kant's Practical Philosophy , page 51,
    • It is likely that little attention has been paid to the archetype/ectype relationship in Kant scholarship in the English speaking world partly as a result of inconsistent translations of the German terms “Urbild” and “Nachbild” that make it difficult to even notice the relationship.

    Related terms

    * ectypal