Taxonomy vs Satyr - What's the difference?
taxonomy | satyr |
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.
(Greek mythology) A male companion of Pan or Dionysus with the tail of a horse and a perpetual erection.
* Milton
(Roman mythology) A faun.
A lecherous man.
Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae , having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
(obsolete) The orangutan.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and satyr
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while satyr is a being who is half-man and half-goat, often symbolised with pan, the greek god of nature christianity however, tends to symbolise them with satan.taxonomy
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee 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 * ontologysatyr
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Alternative forms
* satyre (rare or archaic) * satyrus (rare)Noun
(wikipedia satyr) (en noun)- Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long.