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Taxonomy vs Rendition - What's the difference?

taxonomy | rendition |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and rendition

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while rendition is the surrender (of a city, fortress etc.).

As a verb rendition is

to surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another.

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

    rendition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work.
  • * 2011 , Ian Cobain, The Guardian , 30 Mar 2011:
    • Since then, according to his lawyers and relatives, he has been repeatedly beaten, threatened with a firearm and with further rendition to Guantánamo by Ugandan officials, before being questioned by American officials.
  • An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
  • * 2011 , Paul Lester, The Guardian , 12 Apr 2011:
    • The group's debut, Beloved Symphony, featuring light opera renditions of Mozart, Bach and Chopin, was deemed insufficiently classic for inclusion on the classical charts.
  • A given visual reproduction of something.

    • Related terms

    * render

    See also

    * extradition

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially , for one jurisdiction to do so to another.
  • * 2007 , Thomas G. Mitchell, Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America , Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275991687, page 60,
    • Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves were renditioned to the South between 1850 and secession a decade later.

    See also

    * (wikipedia "rendition")

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