theory vs Neptunism

Neptunism vs theory

theory and Neptunism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
theory	Yes	No	No	No
Neptunism	Yes	No	No	No

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

theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
Neptunism: the now obsolete theory that all of the rocks of the earth's crust were formed by the agency of water.

Other hyponyms of theory include reductionism, blastogenesis, preformation, theory of preformation, scientific theory, field theory, economic theory, atomic theory, atomism, atomist theory, atomistic theory, holism, holistic theory, structural sociology, structuralism, structural anthropology, structuralism, geocentric model, sociological theory.

theory (noun)	Neptunism (noun)
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena	the now obsolete theory that all of the rocks of the earth's crust were formed by the agency of water.
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
a belief that can guide behavior

Difference between theory and Neptunism

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