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Taxonomy vs Licentiousness - What's the difference?

taxonomy | licentiousness |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and licentiousness

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while licentiousness is the property of being licentious.

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

    licentiousness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The property of being licentious.
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    • , year= 1648 , year_published= , author= , by= , title= Miscellanea Spiritualia , url= http://ia700305.us.archive.org/3/items/miscellaneaspiri00mont/miscellaneaspiri00mont_bw.pdf , original= , chapter= Of Scurrility , section = 2 , isbn= , edition= , publisher= W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell , location= London , editor= , volume= , page= 144 , passage= ... and well considered, me thinks this is one of the most censurable parts of this licentiousnesse , in regard it laboureth to taint the whole body of conversation, as it corrupteth the nature of words, which are the Publique Faith , whereupon all innocent discourse must needs trust it selfe, so that this perversion seemeth a publick impediment to the commerce of all vertuous communication ... }}

    Synonyms

    * debauchery