Words / B2

jee-OL-uh-jee/dʒiˈɒlədʒi/

Geology is the study of rocks and Earth’s structure, and the rock make-up of a place: the geology of the coast; a geology A-level. Geography is wider (people and places too). Geographical is already in the dictionary. Jurassic Coast geology. Do not use geology as a trendy synonym of “the ground”.

Meaning

The study of rocks and the Earth’s structure; also the rock structure of a place.

Examples

• “The geology of the Jurassic Coast is a staple of the A-level field trip.”
• “She swapped geography for geology, which is the subject sense.”

Good to know

the geology of; igneous / sedimentary geology. Wider: geography. Related: geographical. Field trips and Earth-science papers. Rocks, not maps of shops.

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