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taxonomy | pinball |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and pinball

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while pinball is (games) a game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.

As a verb pinball is

to dart about rapidly.

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

    pinball

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.
  • The ball used in pinball.
  • (figuratively, soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 15 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Man City 4 - 3 Wolves , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dart about rapidly.
  • * 1996 , Peter Applebome, Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture
    • Like most immigrants, Gibbs came South for economic reasons and soon found himself pinballing around a world circumscribed by the hot growth markets...
  • * 2004 , David Baldacci, Hour Game
    • They went off the road and pinballed alongside a stretch of guardrail as the Bambis scattered.

    See also

    * bagatelle * pachinko