Taxonomy vs Dram - What's the difference?
taxonomy | dram |
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 unit of weight avoirdupois,
# (UK & US) 1/16 ounce avoirdupois.
# (UK & US) 1.77 gram
A minute quantity; a mite.
* Milton
A small quantity of a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
A Persian daric.
(dated) To drink drams.
(dated) To ply with drams of drink.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and dram
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while dram is dream.taxonomy
English
(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 * ontologydram
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dragme, from .Alternative forms
* drachm,Noun
(en noun)- Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing.
- a dram of brandy
- a dram of poison
Synonyms
* nip * slug * snifter * totDerived terms
* angel's dramVerb
(dramm)- (Johnson)
- (Thackeray)