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Parascience vs Nonscience - What's the difference?

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Parascience is a related term of nonscience.


As nouns the difference between parascience and nonscience

is that parascience is science that is non-mainstream or carried out in a subsidiary capacity while nonscience is that which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field.

parascience

English

Noun

  • Science that is non-mainstream or carried out in a subsidiary capacity.

    • Related terms

    * parascientific * parascientist

    See also

    * pseudoscience

    nonscience

    English

    Alternative forms

    *non-science

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field
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  • A body, set, or system of information, methods, beliefs, and hypotheses (such as astrology or chiromancy) that does not use the scientific method as a basis for observation, or development of a theory.

    • Related terms

    *nonscientific *nonscientist *parascience *pseudoscience