Taxonomy vs Intestine - What's the difference?
taxonomy | intestine |
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.
(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.
* 1615 , Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia , Richmond 1957, p.2:
* 1776 , (Edward Gibbon), The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , ch.1,
(obsolete) Internal.
* , I.41:
* Milton
* Hume
(obsolete, rare) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
* Cudworth
(obsolete, rare) Shut up; enclosed.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and intestine
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while intestine is the alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.As an adjective intestine is
domestic; taking place within a given country or region.taxonomy
English
(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 * ontologyintestine
English
(wikipedia intestine)Etymology 1
From (etyl) , as Etymology 2, below.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* bowel * gut * tharmDerived terms
* intestinal * gastrointestinal * large intestine * small intestineSee also
* entrail * innard * colonEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
(-)- It being true that now after fiue yeeres intestine warre with the reuengefull implacable Indians, a firme peace (not againe easily to be broken) hath bin lately concluded.
- Yet the success of Trajan, however transient, was rapid and specious. The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms.
- When you have alleaged all the reasons you can, and beleeved all to disavow and reject her, she produceth, contrarie to your discourses, so intestine inclination, that you have small hold against her.
- Hoping here to end / Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.
- an intestine strugglebetween authority and liberty
- Everything labours under an intestine necessity.
- (Cowper)