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taxonomy | month |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and month

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while month is a period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon in the gregorian calendar there are twelve months: january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november and december.

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

    month

    English

    (wikipedia month)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal)

    Noun

  • (en noun) The plural is occasionally seen as month (unchanged)
  • A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. In the Gregorian calendar there are twelve months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title=[http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21582498-america-has-changed-way-it-measures-gdp-boundary-problems Boundary problems] , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month .}}
  • A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
    • , passage=Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 29, author=Jon Smith, work=BBC Sport
    • , title=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15014632.stm Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers] , passage=With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.}}
  • (obsolete, in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge.
  • *, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.234:
    • Sckenkius hath two other instances of two melancholy and mad women, so caused from the suppression of their months .

    Related terms

    * monthly * month of Sundays * time of the month

    See also

    * quarter * week * year *

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