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Taxonomy vs Greywacke - What's the difference?

taxonomy | greywacke |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and greywacke

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while greywacke is (geology) a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

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

    greywacke

    English

    (wikipedia greywacke)

    Alternative forms

    * graywacke

    Noun

  • (geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 177:
  • *:Endless bleak, rounded hills composed of shales and ribs of tough ‘greywackes ’ make up the Southern Uplands – all of such rocks were originally deposited under marine conditions.

    • Derived terms

    * metagreywacke, metagraywacke