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Taxonomy vs Recombobulation - What's the difference?

taxonomy | recombobulation |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and recombobulation

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while recombobulation is the act of recombobulating; putting back into order; removing confusion.

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

    recombobulation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of recombobulating; putting back into order; removing confusion.
  • *1970 — Amanda Cross, Poetic Justice , p.42, Knopf, 1970 OCLC 76577.
  • *:...to the conversation of last night, why has misrule and horseplay brought you to such a state of discombobulation? Or, since it has, may I offer my help in recombobulation ?
  • *2001 — William L. Biersach, The Endless Knot , p.308, Lightning Source Inc, 2001 ISBN 0979160022.
  • *:"Is that any way to treat a lady?" she said, adjusting her adipose folds and swatting leaves from her thick wool sweater.
  • *:"Oh," I stammered, attempting to help her in her huffing recombobulation . "Oh."
  • *2010 — John DeGraffenried, The Amish Catapult: A Tale of Love and Adventure , AuthorHouse, 2010 ISBN 145200076X.
  • *:Jesus had shown an intense lack of interest in this, or any of the other animal-centric schemes that his mother devised such as Wombat Wrangling and Poaching or Bear Wrestling, as he had his own inventiveness to attend to, such as soap recombobulation .
  • Antonyms

    *discombobulation