Taxonomy vs Backwater - What's the difference?
taxonomy | backwater |
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 water held back by a dam or other obstruction
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
* 1978 , National Opera Association - The Opera Journal
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and backwater
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while backwater is the water held back by a dam or other obstruction.As a verb backwater is
to row or paddle a backwater stroke.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 * ontologybackwater
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Alternative forms
* back water * back-waterNoun
(en noun)page 29
- It's a volume for those who delight in exploring the backwaters of nineteenth-century opera