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Taxonomy vs Handicraftsman - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and handicraftsman

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while handicraftsman is a practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.

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

    handicraftsman

    English

    Noun

    (handicraftsmen)
  • A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
  • *, II.18:
  • *:I know, that a handicraftsman will scarcely looke off his worke, to gaze upon an ordinary man: Whereas to see a notable great person come into a towne, he will leave both worke and shop.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1742, author=Samuel Johnson, title= The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol.6
    • , passage=He may, among the drunkards, be a hearty fellow, and, among sober handicraftsmen , a free-spoken gentleman; but he must have some better distinction, before he is a patriot.}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1878, author=James Inglis, title= Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier
    • , passage=Like all native handicraftsmen he sits down at his work.}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1903, author=Philip P. Wells, title= Bible Stories and Religious Classics
    • , passage=I know that a good honest handicraftsman , Erik, the glove-maker, has been your suitor; he is a widower without children, he is well off; think whether you cannot be content with him.}}