As nouns the difference between taxonomy and colloquium
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while colloquium is a colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
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
colloquium
English
Noun
(en-noun)
A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
(legal) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
Usage notes
Note that while colloquial refers specifically to informal'' conversation, colloquy and colloquium refer instead to ''formal conversation.
Quotations
* 1876 : Stephen Dowell, A History of Taxation and Taxes in England , I. 87.
*: Writs were issued to London and the other towns principally concerned, directing the mayor and sheriffs to send to a colloquium at York two or three citizens with full power to treat on behalf of the community of the town.
References
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