different between paleontology vs biology

English

Alternative forms

• palæontology (chiefly British)
• palaeontology (British)

Etymology

From French paléontologie. Surface etymology is paleo- (“ancient”) +? onto- (“being”) +? -logy (“study”).

Noun

paleontology (uncountable)

1. (American spelling) Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.

Hypernyms

• humanities

Hyponyms

• anthropology
• micropaleontology
• taphonomy

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• paleontology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Wikibooks

Etymology

A classical compound (modern coinage), with components derived from Ancient Greek ???? (bíos, “bio-, life”) +? -????? (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”). The sibling cognates came into various European languages c. 1800 from a New Latin coinage biologia; the term *???????? (*biología) did not exist in Ancient Greek (although Greek ???????? (viología) is itself borrowed from both English and French biologie). Since the advent of the scientific era, reanalyzable as a compound using the combining forms bio- +? -logy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?-?l?-?j?
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ba???l?d?i/, /ba???l(?)?d?i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ba???l?d??/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

biology (countable and uncountable, plural biologies)

1. The study of all life or living matter.
2. The living organisms of a particular region.
3. The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.

   the biology of the whale

Synonyms

• lifelore, life science, life sciences

Meronyms

• See also Thesaurus:biology

Derived terms

Related terms

• biological
• biologically
• biologic
• biologism
• biologist
• biologize

Translations

See also

• Category:Biology