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Taxonomy vs Slaveholding - What's the difference?

taxonomy | slaveholding |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and slaveholding

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while slaveholding is an owning of one or more slaves.

As an adjective slaveholding is

having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.

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

    slaveholding

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An owning of one or more slaves.
    • "On the other hand, the Mountain South also contained some Lower South counties, thereby permitting internal comparisons between differently sized slaveholding s, between crop specializations, and between agricultural and nonagricultural producers." (Wilma P. Dunaway, Slavery in the American Mountain South : "Introduction" 6, 2003)

    Related terms

    *nonslaveholder *nonslaveholding *slaveholder *smallholder *smallholding