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Genealogy vs Typology - What's the difference?

genealogy | typology |

As nouns the difference between genealogy and typology

is that genealogy is the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree while typology is the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.

genealogy

English

(wikipedia genealogy) (wikiversity genealogy lecture)

Alternative forms

* geneology (common misspelling)

Noun

  • (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
  • (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
  • (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.

    • Synonyms

    * pedigree

    Related terms

    * genealogical * genealogically * genealogist

    See also

    * family history

    typology

    English

    (wikipedia typology)

    Noun

    (typologies)
  • the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
  • (archaeology) the result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
  • (linguistics) classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to historical families like romance languages)

    • Derived terms

    * typological * typologist * linguistic typology * morphological typology

    Related terms

    * type * typification

    See also

    * taxonomy * value domain