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Taxonomy vs Sinker - What's the difference?

taxonomy | sinker |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and sinker

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while sinker is (fishing) a weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.

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

    sinker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fishing) A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink
    • Hook the sinker onto this loop.
  • (baseball) Any of several high speed pitches that have a downward motion near the plate; a two-seam fastball, a split-finger fastball, or a forkball
    • His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.
  • (construction) Sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
  • (slang) A doughnut; a biscuit.
  • * 1926 , Edna Ferber, Show Boat: A Novel , page 268
    • Of the fifty cents, ten went for the glassy shoeshine; twenty-five for a boutonniere; ten for coffee and sinkers at the Cockeyed Bakery.
  • * 2001 , Gerald J. Prokopowicz, All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862 , page 148
    • they improvised by opening a barrel of flour and letting each man dump in a quart of water (if he had one) and scoop out a handful of dough to bake into rock-hard sinkers .
  • * 2003 , William W. Johnstone, Ambush Of The Mountain Man , page 168
    • "Gonna have to dip them sinkers in coffee to get 'em soft enough to chew," Jason Biggs said, grinning.
  • In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.

    • See also

    * (baseball pitches) curveball, slider, cut fastball, two-seam fastball, split-finger fastball, screwball, knuckleball

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