Taxonomy vs Adjudication - What's the difference?
taxonomy | adjudication |
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 act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
A judgment or sentence.
* Burke
* 2007 , Houston Chronicle (6/17/2007)
(legal) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
(emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
(legal, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and adjudication
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while adjudication is the act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.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 * ontologyadjudication
English
(wikipedia adjudication)Noun
(en noun)- An adjudication in favour of natural rights.
- [Mr. C.] says he confessed to avoid a lengthier sentence after his original attorney told him that the prosecutor claimed DNA evidence conclusively identified him as the attacker. [Mr. C.] had an earlier deferred adjudication for indecency with a minor.
- (Abbott)