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Taxonomy vs Madeleine - What's the difference?

taxonomy | madeleine |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and madeleine

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while madeleine is a small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.

As a proper noun Madeleine is

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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

    madeleine

    English

    (wikipedia madeleine)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
  • * 1981 , CK Scott Moncrieff & Terence Kilmartin, translating Marcel Proust, Swann's Way , Folio Society 2005, p. 44:
    • And suddenly the memory revealed itself. The taste was that of the little piece of madeleine which on Sunday mornings at Combray [...] my aunt Léonie used to give me, dipping it first in her own cup of tea or tisane.
  • * 2003 , Emily Luchetti, A Passion for Desserts , Chronicle Books 2003, p. 20:
    • Madeleine batter can be made in advance and refrigerated.
  • Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories (used with reference to its function in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time ).
  • * 2001 , James Carroll, Constantine's Sword , Houghton-Mifflin 2001, p. 223:
    • The Robe was thus fixed in my mind as a symbol, and in my memory as a madeleine , of Jewish evil.
  • * 2005 , Roger Ebert, Rogert Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005 , p. 784:
    • Every five years or so, in the middle of another task, I'll look at them and a particular cover will bring memory flooding back like a madeleine .