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genetics vs genomics

genomics vs genetics

genetics and genomics both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
genetics Yes No No No
genomics Yes No No No
As nouns, genomics is a hyponym of genetics; that is, genomics is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than genetics:
  • genetics: the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
  • genomics: the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences)
Other hyponyms of genetics include cytogenetics, proteomics, molecular genetics, pharmacogenetics.
genetics (noun) genomics (noun)
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences)
Difference between genetics and genomics

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