different between topography vs geographic

English

Etymology

First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (topographía), from ????? (tópos, “place”) + ????? (gráph?, “I write”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??p????fi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??p????fi/
• Hyphenation: top?og?raphy
• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

topography (countable and uncountable, plural topographies)

1. A precise description of a place.
2. A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
3. The features themselves; terrain.
4. The surveying of the features.

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See also

• topology
• toponym
• toponymic

Anagrams

• optography

English

Alternative forms

• geographick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin ge?graphicus; see French géographique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??i????æf?k/
• Hyphenation: geo?graph?ic

Adjective

geographic (comparative more geographic, superlative most geographic)

1. Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
2. Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)

Derived terms

• geographic north
• geographic latitude
• geographic mile

Related terms

• geographer
• geographical
• geographically
• geography

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