different between topography vs scenery

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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Translations

See also

• topology
• toponym
• toponymic

Anagrams

• optography

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?n??i/
• Rhymes: -i?n??i

Noun

scenery (countable and uncountable, plural sceneries)

1. View, natural features, landscape.
2. Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.

Derived terms

• borrowed scenery
• chew the scenery

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