Taxonomy vs Metonymy - What's the difference?
taxonomy | metonymy |
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.
The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
(countable) A metonym.
{{examples-right, caption=metonymy , examples=*The White House released its official report today. — "The White House" for "The presidential administration"
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}}
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and metonymy
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.taxonomy
English
(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee 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 * ontologymetonymy
English
(wikipedia metonymy)Noun
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}}