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Scientific vs Insectology - What's the difference?

scientific | insectology |

As an adjective scientific

is of, or having to do with science.

As a noun insectology is

the scientific study of insects.

scientific

English

Alternative forms

* scientifick

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or having to do with science.
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  • Having the quality of being derived from, or consistent with, the scientific method.
  • In accord with procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science. Scientific. Dictionary.com. May 22, 2011
  • Derived terms

    * pseudoscientific * scientifical * scientific method * scientificness

    See also

    * academic

    References

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    insectology

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia insectology) (-) (much less common term)
  • The scientific study of insects.
  • Synonyms

    * (most common term) entomology

    Derived terms

    * insectologer * insectologist * insectologic * insectological

    See also

    * apiology (study of bees) * coleopterology (study of beetles) * dipterology (study of flies) * hemipterology (study of true bugs) * lepidopterology (study of moths and butterflies) * melittology (study of bees) * myrmecology (study of ants) * orthopterology (study of grasshoppers, crickets, etc.) * trichopterology (study of caddis flies) English words suffixed with -ology