Taxonomy vs Skeeved - What's the difference?
taxonomy | skeeved |
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.
(informal) Disgusted; repulsed; creeped out.
* 2008 , Jessica Valenti, He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know (page 96)
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=2009-03-13, author=Holly Brubach, title=America’s Next Top Author, work=New York Times
, passage=Though both are virgins, Violet develops a crush on a dapper, eerily suave student at N.Y.U. who moonlights as a club promoter and appears regularly on Page Six. Whereas Cheryl, devoted to her work, is skeeved by the sleazeballs twice her age who hit on her in clubs and on the street. }}
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective skeeved is
(informal) disgusted; repulsed; creeped out.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 * ontologyskeeved
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Because while it may not seem like such a big deal if guys want to get all revved up about faux lesbians and skeeved by gay men, the consequences of this kind of prejudice can be more than just a few jokes.
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