different between ecosystem vs ecology

English

Etymology

From eco- +? system. Coined by English botanist Arthur Tansley in 1935 in a paper titled "The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts" in the journal Ecology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?k???s?st?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?iko??s?st?m/
• Hyphenation: eco?sys?tem

Noun

ecosystem (plural ecosystems)

1. A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.
2. The interconnectedness of organisms (plants, animals, microbes) with each other and their environment.
3. (business, marketing) A set of interconnected products and services.

Hypernyms

• system

Translations

Further reading

• ecosystem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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