Botany vs. Zoology

Botanynoun

(uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.

Botanynoun

The plant life of a geographical area.

Botanynoun

The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.

Botanynoun

(countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

Botanynoun

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.

Botanynoun

A book which treats of the science of botany.

Botanynoun

the branch of biology that studies plants

Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field.

Zoologynoun

The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

Zoologynoun

A treatise on this science.

Zoologynoun

That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

Zoologynoun

A treatise on this science.

Zoologynoun

the branch of biology that studies animals

Zoology

Zoology () is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. The term is derived from Ancient Greek ζῷον, zōion ('animal'), and λόγος, logos ('knowledge', 'study').Although humans have always been interested in the natural history of the animals they saw around them, and made use of this knowledge to domesticate certain species, the formal study of zoology can be said to have originated with Aristotle.