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Topography vs Typology - What's the difference?

topography | typology |

As nouns the difference between topography and typology

is that topography is a precise description of a place while typology is the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.

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

    typology

    English

    (wikipedia typology)

    Noun

    (typologies)
  • the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
  • (archaeology) the result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
  • (linguistics) classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to historical families like romance languages)

    • Derived terms

    * typological * typologist * linguistic typology * morphological typology

    Related terms

    * type * typification

    See also

    * taxonomy * value domain