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Graphology vs Chirography - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between graphology and chirography

is that graphology is (uncountable) the study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing character while chirography is calligraphy or penmanship.

graphology

English

Noun

(wikipedia graphology) (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing character.
  • * 1999 , Lee Naftali, Joel Naftali, You're Certifiable: The Alternative Career Guide to More Than 700 Certificate Programs, Trade Schools, and Job Opportunities , page 155,
    • Graphology', or handwriting analysis, is the study and interpretation of handwriting as an indicator of personality. Professional graphologists offer four primary services: '''graphology''' classes to hobbyists, personality profiles to help individuals increase their self-knowledge and potential for change, personnel screening and consultation for employers, and questioned document examination, or forensic ' graphology , to identify forged handwriting and documents for legal purposes.
  • * 2003 , Michael Hau, The Cult of Health and Beauty in Germany: A Social History, 1890-1930 , page 50,
    • The philosopher Ludwig Klages saw graphology as a means to penetrate the deceptive self-presentation of his contemporaries and unveil their true character.
  • * 2006 , Bethan Benwell, Elizabeth Stokoe, Discourse and Identity , page 263,
    • Graphology and graphological deviation are likely to be very significant in a mode that lacks non-textual social cues, such as paralanguage, prosody and gesture.
  • A system of handwriting.
  • * 1930 , Frances E. O'Brien, Individualism in Child Art , unnumbered page,
    • "Talented" children fall into one of two classes: those with an imitative ability who readily absorb the preconceived graphologies they see about them in pictures, magazines and books, and those.
  • * 1984 , David Shapiro, Jasper Johns: Drawings 1954-1984 , page 29,
    • This 1960 work, like the black works of Rauschenberg and the graphologies of Cy Twombly, is our most patient analysis of multiplicity.

    Related terms

    * graphological * graphologist

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ology

    chirography

    English

    (wikipedia chirography)

    Noun

    (-)
  • calligraphy or penmanship
  • * 1856 , Edward Parrish, An Introduction to practical pharmacy
    • A flourishing style of chirography is nowhere less in place than on a physician's prescription.
  • The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.