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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and clunker

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while clunker is (informal) a decrepit motor car.

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

    clunker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A decrepit motor car.
  • * 2004 , Teralee E. M. Bird, What the Herald Angel Sang (Seraphim Trilogy Book One), ISBN 9781411617216:
    • The only rig nobody'd recognize is that clunker that Vic drove here in, and he won't take it.
  • (informal) Anything which is in poor condition or of poor quality.
  • * 1974 , , " Who's Been Playing At Erma's Typewriter?," Ocala Star-Banner , 3 Oct., p. 12A (retrieved 2 Sep. 2009):
    • I bought an old clunker of a typewriter.
  • * 2006 , Elizabeth Crane, " Books: Best book by a Chicago author" (Review of Trouble'' by Patrick Somerville), ''Time Out Chicago , 28 Dec. (retrieved 2 Sep. 2009):
    • All of the stories have a subtle undercurrent of brutality, and the writing is consistently sharp, direct and darkly funny, and there’s not a clunker in the bunch.