different between ecology vs botany

English

Alternative forms

• oecology, œcology (archaic)

Etymology

Calque of German Ökologie (coined by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek ????? (oîkos, “house”) + -????? (-logía, “study of”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k?l?d?i/, /??k?l?d?i/
• (US) enPR: ?k?l?j?, IPA^(key): /i.?k?.l?.d?i/
• Hyphenation: ecol?ogy
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

ecology (countable and uncountable, plural ecologies)

1. (biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

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Derived terms

Related terms

• ecology block

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of ecology

References

• ecology at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ecology in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "ecology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 110.
• ecology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• ecology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t?ni/, /?b?tni/, /-?/

Noun

botany (countable and uncountable, plural botanies)

1. (uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
2. The plant life of a geographical area; flora.

3. The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
4. (countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

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See also

• wortlore