different between hydroponics vs aquaponics

English

Etymology

hydro- (“water”) +? Ancient Greek ????? (pónos, “work, labour”) +? -ics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ha?d??(?)?p?n?ks/
• (General American) enPR: h?'dr?-p?n??ks, IPA^(key): /?ha?d???p?n?ks/
• Rhymes: -?n?ks
• Hyphenation: hy?dro?pon?ics

Noun

hydroponics (uncountable)

1. The cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil. [from 1937]
   • 2013, Nathaniel Cross, The Guide To Hydroponic Gardening For The Novice: How To Grow Great Vegetables Without Soil, Speedy Publishing LLC (?ISBN)

     Despite relying on water alone to grow plants, hydroponics systems require 90 percent less water than crops grown in soil, due to water recycling and the self-contained nature of the system. Because of the closed nature of the system, it is […]

Derived terms

• aquaponics
• hydroponic (adjective)
• hydroponically
• hydroponicist
• hydroponicum

Coordinate terms

• aeroponics, aquaponics, geoponics, organoponics

Hyponyms

• hydroculture

Translations

Further reading

• hydroponics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Blend of aquaculture +? hydroponics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(?)ækw??p?n?ks/
• (General American) enPR: äk'w?-p?n??ks, ?k'w?-, IPA^(key): /??kw??p?n?ks/, /?ækw?-/
• Rhymes: -?n?ks
• Hyphenation: aqua?pon?ics

Noun

aquaponics (uncountable)

1. (agriculture) A sustainable food production system that combines traditional aquaculture with hydroponics, with effluent from the water in which fish are reared being used as nutrition for plants.

Derived terms

• aquaponic
• aquaponically
• aquaponist

Coordinate terms

• aeroponics, geoponics, organoponics

Translations

Further reading

• aquaponics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia