Anthropology vs. History
Difference Between Anthropology and History
Anthropologynoun
The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
According to anthropology, there are six basic patterns of kinship terminology (i.e., "kin naming systems"): Sudanese, Hawaiian, Eskimo, Crow, Omaha, and Iroquois.Historynoun
The aggregate of past events.
History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.Anthropologynoun
the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
Historynoun
The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events.
He teaches history at the university.History will not look kindly on these tyrants.He dreams of an invention that will make history.Historynoun
(countable) A set of events involving an entity.
What is your medical history?The family's history includes events best forgotten.Historynoun
(countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories.Historynoun
A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy.He has a history of cancer in his family.Historynoun
A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history.Historynoun
(informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history.Historynoun
(uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
There is too much history between them for them to split up now.He has had a lot of history with the police.Historyverb
(obsolete) To narrate or record.
Historynoun
the aggregate of past events;
a critical time in the school's historyHistorynoun
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future;
all of human historyHistorynoun
a record or narrative description of past events;
a history of Francehe gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the presidentthe story of exposure to leadHistorynoun
the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings;
he teaches Medieval historyhistory takes the long viewHistorynoun
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge;
the dawn of recorded historyfrom the beginning of history
