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Taxonomy vs Provincialism - What's the difference?

taxonomy | provincialism |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and provincialism

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while provincialism is the quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.

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

    provincialism

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
    • The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner
  • (linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
  • * 1875 , , Manual of English Rhetoric , New York: American Book Company, p 79:
    • Prose is allowed less liberty in this respect; but no one nowadays would maintain that the adoption of a provincialism into the literary dialect is absolutely prohibited.

    Synonyms

    * (linguistics) regionalism