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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and quiff

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while quiff is a puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke or quiff can be (regional|slang) a trick or ploy; a stratagem or quiff can be a hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s or quiff can be (slang) a young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute.

As a verb quiff is

to arrange (the hair) in such a manner.

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

    quiff

    English

    Etymology 1

    Variant form of (whiff).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (regional, slang) A trick or ploy; a stratagem.
  • *1933 , (John Masefield), The Bird of Dawning :
  • *:It was young Mr. Abbott worked that quiff on you, sir.

    • Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of (coif).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s.
  • *2012 , Tom Lamont, The Observer , 2 Sep 2012:
  • *:His woolly brown hair shaped into a drooping quiff , he's been sitting poolside all morning, snatching sucks on cigarettes before the waiters can tell him no, and thinking about reworking some incidental music for the band's gig tomorrow.

    • Verb

  • To arrange (the hair) in such a manner.

    • Etymology 4

    Probably variant of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute.
  • *1949 , (w, John O'Hara), Rage to Live :
  • *:How would I get an African toothache when the closest I been to a quiff in over a month is sitting next to one?
  • (slang) The vulva or vagina.
  • *2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 120:
  • *:Jane was drying herself in the bedroom, holding the bath towel behind her shoulders, her small breasts and childlike nipples flushed from the power jet, her quiff a barely visible thread.