As nouns the difference between taxonomy and gazetteer
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while gazetteer is journalist.
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
gazetteer
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(
en noun)
journalist
publicist
Etymology 2
From The gazetteer's: or newsman's interpreter'', a geographical index edited by Laurence Echard, 1st ed. published 1693. In 1704, in the second volume Echard referred to the work as ''Gazetteer .
Noun
(
en noun)
A geographic dictionary or encyclopedia, sometimes found as an index to an atlas.
A newspaper.
(obsolete) An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.