As nouns the difference between taxonomy and relevancy
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while relevancy is (legal|scotland) sufficieny (of a statement, claim etc) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence.
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
relevancy
Noun
(legal, Scotland) Sufficieny (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence.
(uncountable) The degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability.
*1842 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Myster of Marie Rogêt’:
*:It is the malpractice of the courts to confine evidence and discussion to the bounds of apparent relevancy .
(countable) A relevant thing.
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Usage notes
* In contemporary usage (relevance) is about 20 times more common in the US (COCA) and about 50 times more common in the UK (BNC) than this term.
Antonyms
* irrelevancy
Related terms
* relevant
* relevance
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