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what is the difference btween a topographic map and a topograph map?

My teacher told me they were two different things and I don't understand it

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1. http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=ush-ans&p=difference+between+a+topographic+map+and+a+topography+map
2. one shows the elevations represented as odd shaped circles. look at a mountain on one and see large circles ringing to smaller circles (the outer circles show the lower part of the mountain, the smalles circcle the top with a number that represents elevation. the other just shows the topography in 3D (and some even come with these 3d glasses to use them with.