Taxonomy vs Gridiron - What's the difference?
taxonomy | gridiron |
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.
An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
*, II.32:
An iron rack or grate used for broiling flesh and fish over coals.
Any object resembling the rack or grate.
(nautical) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
(American football) The field on which American football is played.
(uncountable) American football.
* 1995 October 3, Peter O?Shea, Sports: Out on the field'', ''(The Advocate) ,
* 2001 , (Langston Hughes), Dolan Hubbard, Jackie Robinson: First Negro in Big League Baseball: 1919—'', ''The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 12: Works for Children and Young Adults ,
* 2009 , Deborah Healey, Sport and the Law , reference note, ,
(Australia, and, New Zealand) A generic term for American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and gridiron
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while gridiron is an instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.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 * ontologygridiron
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(wikipedia gridiron)Noun
(en noun)- I know, there have been found seely boores, who have rather endure to have their feet broiled upon a Greedyron , their fingers ends crusht and wrung with the lock of a Pistoll, their eyes all bloody to be thrust out of their heads with wringing and wresting of a cord about their foreheads, before they would so much as be ransomed.
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- He represented Australia in this year?s rugby tour of England and is as well-known in Australia as any top gridiron player is in the United States.
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- So Jackie?s name became known far and wide as an exceptional gridiron player.
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- 119 Yasser (1985) cites the famous US example of gridiron player Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears.