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Taxonomy vs Incoherence - What's the difference?

taxonomy | incoherence |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and incoherence

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while incoherence is the quality of being incoherent.

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

    incoherence

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being incoherent.
    • (Boyle)
  • (countable) Something incoherent.
  • * John Locke
    • Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • This was strangely heightened at times by the ragged Elijah's diabolical incoherences uninvitedly recurring to me, with a subtle energy I could not have before conceived of.

    Antonyms

    * coherence