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Taxonomy vs Macaronic - What's the difference?

taxonomy | macaronic |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and macaronic

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while macaronic is (literature) a work of macaronic character.

As an adjective macaronic is

(archaic) jumbled, mixed.

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

    macaronic

    English

    (Macaronic language)

    Alternative forms

    * macaronick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) jumbled, mixed
  • (literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literature) A work of macaronic character.
  • (morphology) A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages, one of which is Latin, or a non-Latin stem with a Latin ending.

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