Taxonomy vs Naturalize - What's the difference?
taxonomy | naturalize |
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.
To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen
To acclimatize an animal or plant
* Hawthorne
To make natural
To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones
(linguistics) To make (a word) a natural part of the language.
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As a verb naturalize is
to grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.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 * ontologynaturalize
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Alternative forms
* naturaliseVerb
(en-verb)- Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
- Custom naturalizes labour or study.
- English speakers have naturalized the French word "café".