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Taxonomy vs Cormorant - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and cormorant

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while cormorant is any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family phalacrocoracidae, especially the (great cormorant), phalacrocorax carbo .

As an adjective cormorant is

ravenous, greedy.

taxonomy

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
  • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    cormorant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, especially the (great cormorant), Phalacrocorax carbo .
  • A voracious eater; a glutton.
  • (Ben Jonson)

    Synonyms

    * (voracious eater) see

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ravenous, greedy.
  • * , Act I, Scene 1
  • Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives,
    Live regist'red upon our brazen tombs,
    And then grace us in the disgrace of death;
    When, spite of cormorant devouring Time,
    The endeavour of this present breath may buy
    That honour which shall bate his scythe's keen edge,
    And make us heirs of all eternity.

    See also

    * shag