The difference between Linguistics and Philology
When used as nouns, linguistics means the scientific study of language, whereas philology means the humanistic study of historical linguistics.
check bellow for the other definitions of Linguistics and Philology
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Linguistics as a noun:
The scientific study of language.
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Philology as a noun (linguistics):
The humanistic study of historical linguistics.
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Philology as a noun (philosophy):
Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.
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Philology as a noun (culture):
Scholarship and culture, particularly classical, literary and linguistic.