anthropology vs archaeology

archaeology vs anthropology

anthropology and archaeology both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anthropology	Yes	No	No	No
archaeology	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, archaeology is a hyponym of anthropology; that is, archaeology is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anthropology:

anthropology: the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
archaeology: the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures

Other hyponyms of anthropology include archeology, descriptive anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, social anthropology.

anthropology (noun)	archaeology (noun)
the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings	the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures

Difference between anthropology and archaeology

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