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Taxonomy vs Confect - What's the difference?

taxonomy | confect |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and confect

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while confect is (obsolete) a rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.

As a verb confect is

to make up, prepare, compound, construct, assemble, form, mix, mingle or put together by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.

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

    confect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make up, prepare, compound, construct, assemble, form, mix, mingle or put together by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
    • The woman confected a home-remedy for the traveler's illness .
    The young bride's friends confected a dress from odds and ends of fabric.
    [My joys] are still confected with some fears.'' -- ''Stirling
  • * 1629 , , Travels in Persia
  • *:Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers.
  • (obsolete) To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.
  • *1613 , , Brittania's Pastorals , book 1, song 2
  • *:Saffron confected in Cilicia,

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.
  • * Harvey
    • At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects .
  • * 1889 ,
    • She made salves and eyewaters, powders and confects , cordials and persico, orangeflower water and cherry brandy, each in its due season, and all of the best.

    Related terms

    * confection * confectionary * confectionery * confectioner