heterogenous vs heterologous -/- homogenous vs homologous

[Thanh Long To]

Hi All,

Could you please tell me the differences,
if they exist, between "heterologous" and "heterogenous"?
The same question is also for "homologous" and "homogenous".

A foreigner loving English

[Gregory Resch]

to...@osu.edu (Thanh Long To) writes from The Ohio State University:

They still don't have a dictionary there at Ohio State? Or don't you
"love English" enough to bother with one?

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[Gareth Williams]

Thus spake re...@cpcug.org (Gregory Resch) :

+to...@osu.edu (Thanh Long To) writes from The Ohio State University:
+
+ > Could you please tell me the differences,
+ > if they exist, between "heterologous" and "heterogenous"?
+ > The same question is also for "homologous" and "homogenous".
+ >
+ > A foreigner loving English
+
+
+They still don't have a dictionary there at Ohio State? Or don't you
+"love English" enough to bother with one?
+
While I am normally inclined to agree with those sentiments, I think
these words still give difficulty having looked them up.

The '-logous' words mean you have a set of separate things which are
the same (or different) in some way.
The '-genous' words mean you have one thing which is formed of parts
which are the same (or different)...

and there is a problem in that the 'set' mentioned in the first
definition is, in some senses, one thing which .... oh never mind.

hope that helps...

regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>