Taxonomy vs Sundry - What's the difference?
taxonomy | sundry |
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.
(obsolete) Separate; distinct; diverse.
(obsolete) Individual; one for each.
Several; diverse; more than one or two; various.
Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
(usually, in the plural) A minor miscellaneous item.
* 1865 , , Crosspatch, the Cricket, and the Counterpane ,
* 1924 March, Advertisement, ,
* 1931 June, Advertisement, ,
(in the plural, accounting) A category for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.
* 1905 , William Mott Steuart (United States Bureau of the Census), Special Reports: Mines and quarries 1902 ,
* 1910 , William Mott Steuart, Thomas Commerford Martin (United States Bureau of the Census), Street and Electric Railways 1907 ,
* 2009 , Neville Box, VCE Accounting Units 3 & 4 , 4th Edition,
* 2011 , Robert Rodgers, Peter Lucas, Bookkeeping and Accounting Essentials ,
(usually, in the plural, cricket, chiefly, Australia) An extra.
* 1954 , Percy Taylor, Richmond?s 100 years of cricket: The Story of the Richmond Cricket Club, 1854-1954 ,
* 1998 , , The Art of Cricket ,
* 1999 , Ashok Kumar, DPH Sports Series: Cricket , Discovery Publishing House, India,
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and sundry
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while sundry is a minor miscellaneous item.As an adjective sundry is
separate; distinct; diverse.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 * ontologysundry
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Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal)Adjective
Synonyms
* assorted, divers, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, heterogeneousDerived terms
* (l) * (l)Noun
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