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Morphism vs Morphotype - What's the difference?

morphism | morphotype | see also |

As nouns the difference between morphism and morphotype

is that morphism is an arrow in a category while morphotype is any of a group of different types of individuals of the same species in a population; a morph.

As a verb morphotype is

to sort into such types (and identify them.

morphism

English

(wikipedia morphism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
  • (mathematics, less formally) a map which preserves structure, in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics where it arises.

    • See also

    * homomorphism * automorphism * bijection * function * isometry * isomorphism * measurable function * homeomorphism * diffeomorphism * functor

    morphotype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of a group of different types of individuals of the same species in a population; a morph

    • Verb

    (morphotyp)
  • To sort into such types (and identify them)

    • See also

    *morphism *polymorphism