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Ethnology vs Geography - What's the difference?

ethnology | geography |

As nouns the difference between ethnology and geography

is that ethnology is (anthropology) the branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures while geography is the study of the physical structure and inhabitants of the earth.

ethnology

English

Noun

(-)
  • (anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures.

    • Related terms

    * ethnic * ethnography * ethnologist

    See also

    * ethology

    External links

    * (wikipedia "ethnology") * * English words suffixed with -ology

    geography

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia geography) (wikiversity)
  • The study of the physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth.
  • The physical structure of a particular region; terrain.
  • * 1973 , Helen Miller Bailey, Abraham Phineas Nasatir, Latin America: the development of its civilization
    • The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the development of those Spanish cities in the interior.

    Derived terms

    * biogeography * geographer * geographic * geographical * phytogeography * zoogeography

    See also

    * (wikipedia)