Taxonomy vs Beldame - What's the difference?
taxonomy | beldame |
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.
(obsolete) A grandmother.
An old woman, particularly an ugly one.
* 1847 , (Charlotte Bronte), Jane Eyre :
*:... have a curiosity to hear my fortune told: therefore, Sam, order the beldame forward.
* 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 6:
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and beldame
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while beldame is (obsolete) a grandmother.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 * ontologybeldame
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Noun
(en noun)- Suddenly the beldam shrieks as if she's been stuck with a dagger, long rasping insuck of breath: ‘Eeeeeeeee!’
