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Taxonomy vs Ephapse - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and ephapse

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while ephapse is (countable|neurology) a point of contact or significant electrical influence between neurons, other than at a synapse.

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

    ephapse

    English

    Noun

  • (countable, neurology) A point of contact or significant electrical influence between neurons, other than at a synapse.
  • (uncountable, neurology) Cross-stimulation of adjacent nerve fibers.

    • Derived terms

    * ephaptic