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Meteorology vs Meteoritics - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between meteorology and meteoritics

is that meteorology is the science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting while meteoritics is (astronomy) a science that deals with meteors and meteorites.

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

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    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

    meteoritics

    English

    (wikipedia meteoritics)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (astronomy) A science that deals with meteors and meteorites

    • Related terms

    * meteor * meteorite * meteoroid * meteoritic * meteoroidal * meteorology * meteoric