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Taxonomy vs Carminative - What's the difference?

taxonomy | carminative |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and carminative

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while carminative is (medicine) a drug or substance that induces the removal of gas from the digestive tract.

As an adjective carminative is

relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.

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

    carminative

    English

    (wikipedia carminative)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
    • (Dunglison)

    See also

    * windtreibend

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A drug or substance that induces the removal of gas from the digestive tract.
  • * 1926 , Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist (Ch. 9):
    • But Master Nathaniel was indifferent to these manifestations of unpopularity. Let mental suffering be intense enough, and it becomes a sort of carminative .
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