different between treatise vs botany

English

Etymology

From Middle English tretys, from Anglo-Norman tretiz and Old French traitis (“treatise, account”), from traitier (“to deal with, treat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?i?t?s/, /?t?i?t?z/

Noun

treatise (plural treatises)

1. A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.

   • “ […] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps?? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?? […]”

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 232d.

     And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.

Synonyms

• dissertation
• disquisition
• monograph
• treatment (informal explanation, usually in essay form)

Related terms

• treat
• treaty

Translations

Anagrams

• ariettes, iterates, teariest, testeria, treaties

English

Etymology

First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t?ni/, /?b?tni/, /-?/

Noun

botany (countable and uncountable, plural botanies)

1. (uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
2. The plant life of a geographical area; flora.

3. The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
4. (countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

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See also

• wortlore