Taxonomy vs Proverbiology - What's the difference?
taxonomy | proverbiology |
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.
(rare) The study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.
* 1880 , J. Long, "Proverbs: English and Keltic, with Their Eastern Relations," The Folk-Lore Record , vol. 3, no. 1, p. 59:
* 1989 , R. V. Teschner, "Reviews of A Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs'' by Mark Glazer," ''Hispania , vol. 72, no. 1, p. 150:
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and proverbiology
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while proverbiology is (rare) the study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.taxonomy
English
(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 * ontologyproverbiology
English
Noun
(-)- As the English language is best studied by the light thrown on it by comparative philology, and as a knowledge of human anatomy is greatly aided by the discoveries in the comparative anatomy of animals, so must English Proverbiology' by assisted by the light reflected from comparative ' Proverbiology .
- Is the DMAP [Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs ] intended as a comparative Chicano proverbiology ?