different between astronomer vs astrology

English

Etymology

From Middle English astronomer, equivalent to astronomy +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??st??n.?.m?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??st??n.?.m?/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?.?st??.n?.m?/

Noun

astronomer (plural astronomers)

1. One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics

Synonyms

• astro-boffin (UK, informal)
• astronomist (rare)

Hyponyms

• (female): astronomeress, astronomess

Derived terms

• astronomeress

Related terms

• Astronomer Royal

Translations

See also

• cosmologist

Anagrams

• Monterrosa, ramosetron

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

astronomer m

1. indefinite plural of astronom

Swedish

Noun

astronomer

1. indefinite plural of astronom

Anagrams

• motorernas

English

Alternative forms

• astrol. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle French astrologie, and its source, Latin astrologia (“astronomy”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (astrología, “telling of the stars”), from ?????? (ástron, “star, planet, or constellation”) + -????? (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -????? (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). Morphologically astro- +? -logy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??st??l?d?i/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

astrology (usually uncountable, plural astrologies)

1. Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. [from 14th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 274:

     For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.

   • 2012, The Guardian, (headline), 7 Feb 2012:

     Followers of pseudosciences such as astrology often draw spurious parallels between their beliefs and established science.

Synonyms

• starcraft, astrosophy, astromancy

Related terms

• astrologer
• astrological
• astrologically
• astrologism
• judicial astrology
• natural astrology

Translations

See also

• astronomy

Further reading

• astrology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia