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Taxonomy vs Olympiad - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and olympiad

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while olympiad is (historical) a period of four years, by which the ancient greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 bc; as, the era of the olympiads.

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

    olympiad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Olympiad)
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