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Taxonomy vs Scunner - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and scunner

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while scunner is (the nato reporting name of) the ballistic missile built by the soviet union.

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

    scunner

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be sick of.
  • (Northumbria) To dislike.
  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
  • (Yorkshire, pejorative) North Yorkshire term for an urban youth and usually associated with trouble or petty crime.

    • Usage notes

    Older scunners, i.e. young adults, might be termed (term).

    Synonyms

    * charva, charver (Tyneside dialect) * chav * scally

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