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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and hulk

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while hulk is a person resembling, especially physically, the hulk in the marvel comics universe.

As a proper noun hulk is

(comics) a fictional comic-book character who gains superhuman strength when he becomes angry.

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

    hulk

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a non-functional, but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation.
  • (archaic) any large ship that is difficult to maneuver
  • A big (and possibly clumsy) person
  • (bodybuilding): An excessively muscled person
    • Quotations
    ;large ship, difficult to maneuver * 1602 , Shakespeare, , act ii, scene 3 *: Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. ;non-functioning, floating ship * 1918 , , Prelude'', as printed in ''Selected Stories , Oxford World's Classics (2002), paperback, page 83 *: They could see the lighthouse shining on Quarantine Island, and the green lights on the old coal hulks .

    Etymology 2

    Compare Middle Low German holken to hollow out, and similar Swedish word.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
    • to hulk a hare
    (Beaumont and Fletcher)

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