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Taxonomy vs Amphiboly - What's the difference?

taxonomy | amphiboly |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and amphiboly

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while amphiboly is (grammar) an ambiguous grammatical construction.

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

    amphiboly

    English

    (wikipedia amphiboly)

    Noun

    (amphibolies)
  • (grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
  • * 1931 , Adrian Coates, "Philosophy as Criticism and Point of View," Philosophy , vol. 6, no. 23, p. 339,
    • By logical errors I mean such simple things as Equivocation, Amphiboly , and Begging the Question.
  • * 1987 , Jeffrey Buechner, "Radically Misinterpreting Radical Interpretation," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism , vol. 45, no. 4, p. 410,
    • The language might be fraught with word ambiguity or sentence amphiboly .

    Usage notes

    * Strictly speaking, in an amphiboly the individual words are unambiguous; the ambiguity results entirely from the linguistic manner in which they have been combined. Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    Derived terms

    * amphibology

    See also

    * equivocation

    References