As nouns the difference between taxonomy and fisticuff
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while fisticuff is (rare) a fistfight.
As a verb fisticuff is
(chiefly|humorous) to engage in a physical fight.
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
fisticuff
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(rare) A fistfight.
*1852 , Eli Bowen et al., The Pictorial Sketch-book of Pennsylvania ,
*:Every fifteen or twenty minutes there was a rush to some part, to witness a fisticuff .
(obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist.
Verb
(
en verb)
(chiefly, humorous) To engage in a physical fight.
(obsolete) To strike, fight or spar with the fists.
*1846 , Making of America Project, The American Whig Review ,
*:Do they fisticuff with thunder-snaggs
Derived terms
* fisticuffer
References
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*Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
*Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.
