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Taxonomy vs Countersurge - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and countersurge

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while countersurge is a surge opposing an earlier surge.

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

    countersurge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A surge opposing an earlier surge.
  • * 1997 , Samuel P. Huntington, The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order
  • Across the centuries the fortunes of the two religions have risen and fallen in a sequence of momentous surges, pauses, and countersurges .
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 13, author=Michael R. Gordon, title=Bush Distorts Qaeda Links, Critics Assert, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=With the Shiite militias having taken a lower profile since the troop increase began, and with Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia embarking on its own sort of countersurge , a main focus of the American military operation is to deprive the group of its strongholds in the areas surrounding Baghdad — and thus curtail its ability to carry out spectacular casualty-inducing attacks in the Iraqi capital. }}