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Topography vs Toponymy - What's the difference?

topography | toponymy |

As nouns the difference between topography and toponymy

is that topography is a precise description of a place while toponymy is lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.

topography

English

Noun

(wikipedia topography) (topographies)
  • a precise description of a place
  • a detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object
  • the features themselves (the terrain)
  • the surveying of the features

    • Related terms

    * topograph * topographer * topographic * * topographical * topographically

    See also

    * topology * toponym * toponymic

    toponymy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics

    • Synonyms

    * toponomastics

    Derived terms

    * toponym * toponymic * toponymist

    Hypernyms

    * onomastics