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taxonomy | corduroy |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and corduroy

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while corduroy is a heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.

As a verb corduroy is

to make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.

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

    corduroy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia corduroy) (en noun)
  • A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
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    • Derived terms

    * corduroys * corduroy road

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
  • *1886 , Ulysses S. Grant,
  • *:The night was very dark and it rained heavily, the roads were so bad that the troops had to cut trees and corduroy the road a part of the way, to get through.
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, pp. 827-8:
    • But Sherman organized “pioneer battalions” of soldiers and freedmen [...] to cut saplings and trees to corduroy the roads, build bridges, and construct causeways.