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Taxonomy vs Alpinism - What's the difference?

taxonomy | alpinism |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and alpinism

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while alpinism is (sometimes capitalized) mountain climbing, especially in the alps.

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

    alpinism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (sometimes capitalized) Mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
  • * 1912 , "New Maps," Bulletin of the American Geographical Society , vol. 44, no. 7, p. 558,
  • *:. . . our rapidly increasing knowledge of the Rocky Mountains of Canada for which geography is so greatly indebted to alpinism .

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    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism