Taxonomy vs Fisk - What's the difference?
taxonomy | fisk |
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.
(obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
* Latimer
To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
* {{quote-news, year=2002, date=December, work=Review, author=Institute of Public Affairs, title=The World of Blog
, passage=A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!}}
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 13, work=The Economist, title=Fisked By Obama, url=
, passage=Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.}}
English eponyms
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As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As a proper noun fisk is
.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 * ontologyfisk
English
(fisking)Etymology 1
Compare Swedish .Verb
(en verb)- He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions.
Etymology 2
Back-formation from fisking.Verb
(en verb)citation