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Paleontology vs Biology - What's the difference?

paleontology | biology |

As nouns the difference between paleontology and biology

is that paleontology is study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils while biology is the study of all life or living matter.

paleontology

Alternative forms

* (chiefly British) * palaeontology (British)

Noun

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  • of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by (l).
  • Derived terms

    * micropaleontology * paleontologic * paleontological * paleontologist

    biology

    Noun

  • The study of all life or living matter.
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  • The living organisms of a particular region.
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  • The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.
  • the biology of the whale

    Synonyms

    * , life science, life sciences

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * actinobiology * aerobiology * agrobiology * astrobiology * chemical biology * chronobiology * cryobiology * developmental biology * electrobiology * evolutionary biology * evolutionary developmental biology * exobiology * forensic biology * geobiology * geomicrobiology * glycobiology * hydrobiology * immunobiology * macrobiology * marine biology * microbiology * molecular biology * neurobiology * nonbiology * palaeobiology * paleobiology * pathobiology * photobiology * phytobiology * psychobiology * radiation biology * radiobiology * sociobiology * soil microbiology * space biology * structural biology * synthetic biology * synthetic-biology * systems biology * xenobiology

    See also

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