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Taxonomy vs Marquisate - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and marquisate

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while marquisate is the territory held by a marquis or margrave.

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

    marquisate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The territory held by a marquis or margrave.
  • The state or rank of a marquis.
  • *2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 394:
  • *:he has Mary Boleyn's word for it that the marquisate has bought Henry only the right to caress her sister's inner thigh.