Taxonomy vs Anchorite - What's the difference?
taxonomy | anchorite |
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.
One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons.
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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and anchorite
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while anchorite is one who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons.taxonomy
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(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 * ontologyanchorite
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(hermit)Alternative forms
* * * *Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
- About 1150 some Palestinian anchorites adopted the eremitical rule of St. Basil, and spread throughout Palestine; when the Moslems captured the Holy Land these "Carmelites" migrated to Cyprus, Sicily, France, and England.
Synonyms
*eremite *hermit *recluseReferences
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