Taxonomy vs Esurient - What's the difference?
taxonomy | esurient |
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.
Very hungry or greedy; ravenous.
* Carlyle
*1983 , (Alasdair Gray), ‘Logopandocy’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012 ), p. 177:
*:I answered that such freedom would be worse than the vilest slavery, for it would leave me free to do nothing but grappel till death with clusterfist creditors and esurient Kirkists […].
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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and esurient
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while esurient is one who is hungry or greedy.As an adjective esurient is
very hungry or greedy; ravenous.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 * ontologyesurient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- (Bailey)
- Poor, but esurient .