Taxonomy vs Gainsaying - What's the difference?
taxonomy | gainsaying |
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.
Opposition, especially in speech.
* 1903 , American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, Baptist missionary magazine: Volume 83 :
Refusal to accept or believe something.
* 1859 , Henry Alford, The Greek Testament: :
Contradiction.
* 1969 , Robert Lisle Lindsey, A Hebrew translation of the Gospel of Mark :
Denial; denying.
* 1887 , The Rose of Paradise:
(archaic, or, obsolete) Rebellious opposition; rebellion.
* 1611 , King James Bible, Jude verse 11:
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and gainsaying
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while gainsaying is opposition, especially in speech.As a verb gainsaying is
.taxonomy
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(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 * ontologygainsaying
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) gaynesayenge, .Noun
(en noun)- This gainsaying may take numberless forms: [...]
- So that it is best to take this meaning here, and understand, that an oath puts an end to all gainsaying by confirming the matter one way , in which all parties consent [...]
- There is no gainsaying this logic.
- But there was no gainsaying the wisdom of the advice which he had given me as to concealing the treasure.
- Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.