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Horology vs Chorology - What's the difference?

horology | chorology |

As nouns the difference between horology and chorology

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 chorology is the spatial equivalent to chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.

horology

English

(wikipedia horology)

Noun

(-)
  • The study of time, and the art, science and technology of timekeeping and timekeepers, (such as clocks, watches and sundials).

    • Coordinate terms

    * chronology

    Derived terms

    * horologic * horological * horologically * horologist

    See also

    * horologe

    chorology

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia chorology) (-)
  • The spatial equivalent to chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
  • :While choronology refers to the study of time, chorology refers to the study of regions/places. - "Place, A Short Introduction", by Tim Cresswell
  • (biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.