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Taxonomy vs Dawdle - What's the difference?

taxonomy | dawdle |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and dawdle

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while dawdle is a dawdler.

As a verb dawdle is

to spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.

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

    dawdle

    English

    Verb

    (dawdl)
  • To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=However all Hennessey's good work went to waste on 52 minutes when he dawdled on the ball.}}
  • * Johnson
  • Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me.
  • To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
  • to dawdle away the whole morning
  • To move or walk lackadaisically.
  • If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won't get as much exercise.
  • * Thackeray
  • We dawdle up and down Pall Mall.

    See also

    * dally, dander, dandle, diddle, loaf, piddle, wander, doodle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dawdler.