Taxonomy vs Peaked - What's the difference?
taxonomy | peaked |
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.
Sickly-looking, peaky.
* 2000, Toshio Mori and Lawson Fusao Inada, Unfinished Message: Selected Works of Toshio Mori , p. 149,
* 2001, Fred C. Feddeck, Hale Men of Fordham: Hail! , p. 17,
* 2004, Don Ecker, Past Sins , p. 276,
(peak)
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective peaked is
having a peak or peaks or peaked can be sickly-looking, peaky.As a verb peaked is
(peak).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 * ontologypeaked
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Etymology 1
See peakEtymology 2
See (Etymology 2)Alternative forms
* pekidAdjective
(en adjective)- She looked peaked and tired ever since he had volunteered for the army.
- While Nixon looked peaked throughout the debate, Kennedy looked like a poised diplomat oozing confidence.
- Peck looked peaked to Williams. He was pale and appeared to be breathing in shallow gasps.