Taxonomy vs Seaman - What's the difference?
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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.
A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.
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, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87
, magazine=
(British, Navy) The lowest ranking in the Navy, below Able Seaman.
(US, Navy) An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
A merman; the male of the mermaid.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and seaman
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while seaman is a mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship opposed to landman or landsman.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 * ontologyseaman
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(seamen)citation, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen ? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
- Not to mention mermaids or seamen. — .
