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Subcategory vs Subtopic - What's the difference?

subcategory | subtopic |

As nouns the difference between subcategory and subtopic

is that subcategory is with respect to a given category, a more narrow category while subtopic is a subject that forms part of a topic.

subcategory

English

Alternative forms

* sub-category

Noun

(subcategories)
  • With respect to a given category, a more narrow category.
  • (category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's

    • Synonyms

    * child category

    Antonyms

    * supercategory

    subtopic

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subject that forms part of a topic.
  • :The meeting dragged on interminably as topics were divided into subtopics which were divided in to sub-sub-topics, ad infinitum.

    • Related terms

    *supertopic