Horology vs Astrology - What's the difference?
horology | astrology |
The study of time, and the art, science and technology of timekeeping and timekeepers, (such as clocks, watches and sundials).
Divination]] about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of [[celestial body, celestial bodies.
* c. 1390 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), Canterbury Tales , Harleian manuscript:
* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 274:
* 2012 , The Guardian , (headline), 7 Feb 2012:
As nouns the difference between horology and astrology
is that horology is the study of time, and the art, science and technology of timekeeping and timekeepers, (such as clocks, watches and sundials) while astrology is divination]] about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of [[celestial body|celestial bodies.horology
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(wikipedia horology)Noun
(-)Coordinate terms
* chronologyDerived terms
* horologic * horological * horologically * horologistSee also
* horologeastrology
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(wikipedia astrology)Noun
(en-noun)- a pore scoler / had lerned art but al his fantasye / was torned for to lerne astrologye […].
- For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.
- Followers of pseudosciences such as astrology often draw spurious parallels between their beliefs and established science.