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Taxonomy vs Encomium - What's the difference?

taxonomy | encomium |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and encomium

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while encomium is warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

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

    encomium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
  • * 1763 , (Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz), History of Louisiana'' (1763 tr. of ''L'Histoire de la Louisiane , 1758) (PG), p. 39
  • *:I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums . —
  • *
    • "I never seen their like," was Lassiter's encomium , "an' in my day I've seen a sight of horses.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter X , passage=I am, you will agree, mature, and in my earlier days I won no little praise for my skill at hunt-the-slipper. I remember one of the hostesses whose Christmas parties I attended comparing me to a juvenile bloodhound. An extravagant encomium , of course, but that is what she said.}}
  • (rhetoric) A general category of oratory.
  • (rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
  • The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
  • (literature) A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.

    • Anagrams

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