Taxonomy vs Softwood - 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.
(countable, mostly in, botany) The wood from any conifer (or from Ginkgo ), without regarding how soft this wood is.
(countable) (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers.
(countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding
(uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and softwood
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while softwood is (countable|mostly in|botany) the wood from any conifer (or from ginkgo ), without regarding how soft this wood is.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 * ontologysoftwood
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- SYP is a softwood , but it is harder than many hardwoods.
- This softwood has been planted extensively throughout Scotland.
- You should have used softwood for the frame of this shed, instead of overbuilding it like this.
