Taxonomy vs Nuke - What's the difference?
taxonomy | nuke |
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.
Nuclear weapon.
Something that negates or destroys, especially on a catastrophic scale.
(US, slang) A microwave oven
Nuclear electrical power generation station. http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?nuke
To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
(colloquial) To cook food or beverages in a microwave oven.
(colloquial) To completely destroy.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and nuke
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while nuke is mother.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 * ontologynuke
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Noun
(en noun)- "I can buy nukes on the black market for $40 million each''" - John Travolta in the movie ''Swordfish .
- "Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and then eat it. "
Verb
(nuk)- First they nuked Hiroshima, then Nagasaki.
- I'll nuke some pizza for dinner.
- To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.''http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?nuke (see also ''expunge )