Taxonomy vs Lineage - What's the difference?
taxonomy | lineage |
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.
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=July 19
, author=Ella Davies
, title=Sticks insects survive one million years without sex
, work=BBC
(advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.
* 1927 , William Leonard Crum, Advertising Fluctuations, Seasonal and Cyclical
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and lineage
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while lineage is descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.taxonomy
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(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 * ontologylineage
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Alternative forms
* linageNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction. }}
- Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region