different between cosmology vs cosmogony

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kósmos, “world”) + -????? (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -????? (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

cosmology (countable and uncountable, plural cosmologies)

1. The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.
2. A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.
3. A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe.

Related terms

• cosmologist
• cosmogony
• cosmological

Translations

See also

• eschatology
• big bang theory
• steady state theory

English

Wikiversity

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (kosmogonía), from ?????? (kósmos, “world”) + ????? (gónos, “creation”). Surface analysis, cosmo- +? -gony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?z?m???ni/

Noun

cosmogony (countable and uncountable, plural cosmogonies)

1. The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
2. Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
3. The creation of the universe.

Synonyms

• cosmogenesis, cosmogeny, cosmology; hexameron (biblical)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• anthropogeny
• cosmography
• eschatology
• theogony

References

• cosmogony at OneLook Dictionary Search
• cosmogony in Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 ed.
• cosmogony in Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., at Bartleby.com.
• cosmogony by John Peter Arendzen, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Robert Appleton Company, New York, 1913.