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Taxonomy vs Flyweight - What's the difference?

taxonomy | flyweight |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and flyweight

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while flyweight is (mechanics) a weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia 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

    flyweight

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia flyweight)
  • (mechanics) a weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
  • (sports) a weight division of professional boxing between junior flyweight and junior bantamweight; a boxer in this division
  • (sports) a similar division and contestant in wrestling
  • (figuratively) small, light or unimportant
  • * 2010 , Roger Ebert, Sex and the City 2 :
    • The characters of "Sex and the City 2" are flyweight bubbleheads living in a world which rarely requires three sentences in a row.

    Derived terms

    * flyweight pattern