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Taxonomy vs Palate - What's the difference?

taxonomy | palate |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and palate

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while palate is (anatomy) the roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.

As a verb palate is

(nonstandard) to relish; to find palatable.

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

    palate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
  • The sense of taste.
  • (figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
  • (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
  • (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
  • Derived terms

    * palatable * palatal * palatally * hard palate * soft palate

    Verb

    (palat)
  • (nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
  • * Wired [http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/film-culturomics/]
  • "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate ," said Sreenivasan.