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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and jackpot

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while jackpot is a money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.

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

    jackpot

    English

    Etymology 1

    Attested as + pot.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
  • * 2000 , Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, Choices, values, and frames ,
    • If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot' is rolled over and added to the next week's '''jackpot'''; several weeks of rollovers can build up ' jackpots up to $350 million or more.
  • A large cash prize or money.
  • An unexpected windfall or reward.
    • Usage notes
    * By metonymy, jackpot is also the word for several types of poker which feature jackpots (prize pools which accumulate until won). ** 1920 , , **: ... they played red-dog and twenty-one and jackpot from dinner to dawn, and on the occasion of one man's birthday persuaded him to buy sufficient champagne for a hilarious celebration.
    Derived terms
    * hit the jackpot

    Etymology 2

    . Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A difficult situation.
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    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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