different between ecology vs horticulture

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.

Hyponyms

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

17th century, from the Latin word hortus (“garden”) + culture (on the model of agriculture).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??.t??k?l.t??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??.t??k?l.t??/
• Hyphenation: hor?ti?cul?ture

Noun

horticulture (usually uncountable, plural horticultures)

1. The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.
2. Small-scale agriculture.

Derived terms

• horticultural
• horticulturally
• horticulturist

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /??.ti.kyl.ty?/

Noun

horticulture f (plural horticultures)

1. horticulture