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Spectrograph vs Spectroscopy - What's the difference?

spectrograph | spectroscopy |

As nouns the difference between spectrograph and spectroscopy

is that spectrograph is a machine for recording spectra, producing spectrograms while spectroscopy is (uncountable) the scientific study of spectra.

spectrograph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A machine for recording spectra, producing spectrograms.

    • Related terms

    * spectrography * spectrographic

    spectroscopy

    English

    (wikipedia spectroscopy)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The scientific study of spectra.
  • (analytical chemistry, countable) The use of spectrometers in chemical analysis.

    • Derived terms

    * spectroscopist

    Related terms

    * spectroscope