Taxonomy vs Dottle - What's the difference?
taxonomy | dottle |
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.
A plug or tap of a vessel.
A small rounded lump or mass.
The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
*1957 , Lawrence Durrell, Justine , Faber p. 96:
*:one hand guards the burning dottle of my pipe from the force of the wind
*1981 , John Gardner, Freddy's Book , Abacus 1982, p. 38:
*:I clenched my pipe in my right fist and poked at the dottle busily with various fingers, first one then another, of my left hand.
*1984 , , page 89:
*2010 , Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles :
*:I fiddle and scrape and poke for a while, banging out the dottle from my previous pipeful into an ashtray and puffing down the stem like a horn player warming up his trumpet.
(Geordie) A baby's dummy, pacifier.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and dottle
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while dottle is a plug or tap of a vessel.taxonomy
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee 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 * ontologydottle
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Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- He tapped out the dottle on the deck, locked the steering oar in position, and commenced repacking his pipe.