different between philately vs numismatics

English

Etymology

1865, from French philatélie, coined by French stamp collector Georges Herpin (in Le Collectionneur de Timbres-poste, Nov. 15, 1864) from Ancient Greek ????? (philé?, “I love”) + ??????? (atéleia), the closest word he could find in Ancient Greek to the concept of "postage stamp", from ?- (a-, “without”) + ????? (télos, “tax”). This word serves as a reminder of the original function of postage stamps, now often forgotten: the cost of letter-carrying formerly was paid by the recipient; stamps indicated it had been pre-paid by the sender, thus the letters were "carriage-free".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??læt.?.li/

Noun

philately (countable and uncountable, plural philatelies)

1. Stamp collecting.
2. The study of postage stamps, postal routes, postal history, etc.

Derived terms

Related terms

• philatelic
• philatelics
• philatelist

Translations

English

Etymology

From French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismatis (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (nómisma, “current coin, custom”), from ?????? (nomíz?, “I hold or own as a custom, usage, I use customarily, practise, I am used to”), from ????? (nómos, “usage, custom”), from ???? (ném?, “I keep, hold, watch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?nju?.m?z?ma.t?ks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?nu?.m?z?mæ.t?ks/

Noun

numismatics (uncountable)

1. The study of coins, tokens, medals and paper money
2. The study of coins
3. The collecting of coins, tokens, medals and paper money
4. The collecting of coins

Usage notes

• Although the more general senses are still in use in more specialized contexts, most who use the term are unaware that it can be used for the study or collection of anything but coins.

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