What is the difference bet. "fields" and branches"?

Question

What is the difference bet. "fields" and branches"?

Answer 1

In science branches ( of knowledge or teaching ) are different disciplines, in botany for example anatomy, morphology, taxonomy, palaeobotany etc. etc.

A field is a part of branch, a topic ( ( theme, thesis ), subject ( basis for action/experiment ) or area ( field studies ) of academic interest or specialization.

A field of the branch ethnobotany of the science botany is the study of uses of a special plant or plant group or active agent.

An example:The field foxgloves in ethnobotany includes:

Different species of foxgloves contain different substances and - as a result - have different effects and uses in ( folk-) medicine.