Taxonomy vs Mend - What's the difference?
taxonomy | mend |
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.
A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
The act of repairing.
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
* Sir W. Temple
To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
* Mortimer
* Shakespeare
To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As a verb mend is
to feed.taxonomy
English
(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 * ontologymend
English
Noun
(en noun)- My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend .
Derived terms
* on the mendVerb
(en verb)- My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending .
- When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended .
- Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.
- My broken heart was mended .
- The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it.
- Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.
- You mend the jewel by wearing it.