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Meteorology vs Hydrology - What's the difference?

meteorology | hydrology |

As nouns the difference between meteorology and hydrology

is that meteorology is the science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting while hydrology is the science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.

meteorology

English

Noun

(meteorologies)
  • The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.
  • The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * aeronautical meteorology * agricultural meteorology * agrometeorology * applied meteorology * astrometeorology * biometeorology * dynamic meteorology * hydrometeorology * macrometeorology * mesometeorology * meteorological * micrometeorology * physical meteorology * radarmeteorology * radar meteorology * radio meteorology * synoptic meteorology

    Related terms

    * meteor * meteoric * meteorite * meteoroid * meteoroidal * meteoritic * meteoritics

    See also

    * aerology * aeronomy * weather forecasting English words suffixed with -ology

    hydrology

    English

    (wikipedia hydrology)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere

    • Derived terms

    * dendrohydrology * ecohydrology * hydrologist * radiohydrology