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phonics vs. phonetics

phonics
[fon-iks, foh-niks] / ˈfɒn ɪks, ˈfoʊ nɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
phonics plural

  1. a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.

  2. Obsolete. phonetics.

phonetics
[fuh-net-iks, foh-] / fəˈnɛt ɪks, foʊ- /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
phonetics plural

  1. the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription.

  2. the phonetic system or the body of phonetic facts of a particular language.

  3. the symbols used to represent the speech sounds of a language.