Biology vs. Biotechnology — What's the Difference?

Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field.

Biotechnology is a broad area of biology, involving the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products. Depending on the tools and applications, it often overlaps with related scientific fields.

The study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behaviour, origin, and distribution.

The use of living organisms or biological processes for the purpose of developing useful agricultural, industrial, or medical products, especially by means of techniques, such as genetic engineering, that involve the modification of genes.

The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution and encompassing numerous fields such as botany, zoology, mycology, and microbiology.

See ergonomics.

The life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or category of living organisms

The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications.

The living organisms present in a specific area or region.

The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences.

The study of all life or living matter.

Genetic engineering

The living organisms of a particular region.

Same as bioengineering.

The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.

The branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes;

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.

The branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments

The science that studies living organisms

Characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms;

All the plant and animal life of a particular region