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Taxonomy vs Squiggly - What's the difference?

taxonomy | squiggly |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and squiggly

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while squiggly is (computing|informal) a wavy underline used to indicate an error in text or code.

As an adjective squiggly is

not straight; wavy.

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

    squiggly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Not straight; wavy.
    • She didn't have a ruler, so she drew a squiggly line to highlight the main points.

    Noun

    (squigglies)
  • (computing, informal) A wavy underline used to indicate an error in text or code.
  • * 2007 , Pariah S. Burke, Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production (page 72)
    • If you have dynamic spell checking enabled, your pamphlet will become a sea of red squigglies .
  • * 2008 , Rick Leinecker, Vanessa L. Williams, Visual Studio 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies (page 484)
    • Coding errors have colored squigglies beneath them to indicate the kind of error. For example, syntax errors appear with red squigglies beneath them...
  • * 2010 , James S. McKeown, Jim McKeown, Programming in Visual Basic 2010: The Very Beginner's Guide (page 75)
    • The next blue squiggly is in the word Dimm. That should be an easy fix. Change it to Dim. Again, that swats two bugs with one fix.

    Related terms

    * squiggle