Taxonomy vs Anything - What's the difference?
taxonomy | anything |
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.
In any way, any extent or any degree.
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; .
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*{{quote-book, year=1916, author=Edward S. Moffat, title=Go Forth and Find, page=81-82
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Someone or something of importance.
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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and anything
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while anything is someone or something of importance.As an adverb anything is
in any way, any extent or any degree.As a pronoun anything is
any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other;.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 * ontologyanything
English
Adverb
(-)- That isn't anything like a car.
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)No hiding place, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.}}
Derived terms
() * anything else * anything goes * anythingarian * as anything * if anything * not much of anything * not that there's anything wrong with thatNoun
(en noun)citation