palaetiology vs archaeology

palaetiology and archaeology both are nouns.

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

As nouns, archaeology is a hypernym of palaetiology; that is, archaeology is a word with a broader meaning than palaetiology:

palaetiology: the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)
archaeology: the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures

Other hypernyms of palaetiology include archeology.

palaetiology (noun)	archaeology (noun)
the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)	the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures