Nomenclature vs. Terminology — What's the Difference?

Nomenclature (UK: , US: ) is a system of names or terms, or the rules for forming these terms in a particular field of arts or sciences. The principles of naming vary from the relatively informal conventions of everyday speech to the internationally agreed principles, rules and recommendations that govern the formation and use of the specialist terms used in scientific and any other disciplines.Naming "things" is a part of general human communication using words and language: it is an aspect of everyday taxonomy as people distinguish the objects of their experience, together with their similarities and differences, which observers identify, name and classify.

Terminology is a general word for the group of specialized words or meanings relating to a particular field, and also the study of such terms and their use. This is also known as terminology science.

A system of names used in an art or science

The vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art; nomenclature.

The system or procedure of assigning names to groups of organisms as part of a taxonomic classification

The study of nomenclature.

A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.

A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.

A set of names or terms.

The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.

(obsolete) A name.

The scientific study of such terms.

A name.

The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.

A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.

The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.

The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.

A system of words used in a particular discipline;

A system of words used in a particular discipline;