Where Does the Word Orogenesis Come from?

Orogeny (or orogenesis) derives from the Greek oros, which means mountain, and genesis, which means origin or mode of formation.

What is the meaning of orogenesis?

: the process of mountain formation especially by folding of the earth's crust.

What is the difference between orogeny and Orogenesis?

In context|geology|lang=en terms the difference between orogeny and orogenesis. is that orogeny is (geology) the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the earth's crust while orogenesis is (geology) the process of mountain formation by deformation of the earth's crust see also orogeny.