Taxonomic vs Morphological - What's the difference?
taxonomic | morphological |
Of, or relating to taxonomy.
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Of, or pertaining to, morphology
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As adjectives the difference between taxonomic and morphological
is that taxonomic is of, or relating to taxonomy while morphological is of, or pertaining to, morphology.taxonomic
English
Adjective
(-)- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
morphological
English
Adjective
(-)- In much the same way, morphological competence'' is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that ''van'' and ''can'' have the respective plural forms ''vans'' and ''cans'', but that the plural of ''man'' is ''men'' and not *''mans . [...]
