different between ethology vs ethnography

English

Etymology

From the Latin ?thologia (“the art of depicting or imitating character”), from the Ancient Greek ???????? (?thología, “painting of character, especially by mimic gestures”), from ???????? (?thológos, “painting character by mimic gestures”), from ???? (êthos, “character, especially moral character”). Equivalent to etho- +? -logy.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ethology (countable and uncountable, plural ethologies)

1. (zoology) The scientific study of human and animal behaviour.
2. (obsolete) The study of the human ethos.

Related terms

• ethologist

Translations

See also

• ethnology

Further reading

• ethology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ethology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ethology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ethology at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• theology

English

Etymology

ethno- +? -graphy

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???n????fi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n????fi/
• Rhymes: -????fi
• Hyphenation: eth?nog?ra?phy

Noun

ethnography (countable and uncountable, plural ethnographies)

1. (anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.

Synonyms

• descriptive anthropology

Holonyms

• anthropology

Related terms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• ethnography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ethnography in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ethnography in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.