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Taxonomy vs Femfan - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and femfan

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while femfan is (dated|fandom) a female science fiction fan.

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

    femfan

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (dated, fandom) A female science fiction fan.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1944 , author = John Bristol Speer , title = Fancyclopedia , url = , isbn = , page = 31 , passage = Fannes — Pronounced the same as "fans," but used in writing to mean fem fans . }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1953 , date = August , author = , title = , magazine= Thrilling Wonder Stories , url = , volume = 42 , issue = 3 , page = 133 , passage = So, at last, backed by a formidable phalange of femfans , I dare speak up, brave lassie that I am. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2010 , author = Eleanor Arnason , title = Mammoths of the Great Plains , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wN2gPlvI0sMC&pg=PA120 , isbn = 9781604863826 , page = 120 , passage = When I went to my first science fiction convention in 1961, fandom was entirely white and 80 percent male. Women were marginalized as "femfans ." Gay people were in the closet. }}

    Synonyms

    * fangirl, fanne, femme fan