Taxonomy vs Frittered - What's the difference?
taxonomy | frittered |
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.
(fritter)
A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
* Hudibras
To occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
To sinter.
To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
To break into small pieces or fragments.
* Alexander Pope
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As a verb frittered is
past tense of fritter.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 * ontologyfrittered
English
Verb
(head)fritter
English
(wikipedia fritter)Noun
(en noun)- And cut whole giants into fritters .
Derived terms
* apple fritter * corn fritter * French fritter * fritter batter * fritterware * oyster fritter * rice fritter * spam fritterVerb
(en verb)- I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.
- He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts.
- Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense.