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Taxonomy vs Swanling - What's the difference?

taxonomy | swanling |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and swanling

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while swanling is a young or baby swan; a cygnet.

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

    swanling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young or baby swan; a cygnet.
  • *2004 , Pauline Somers, Dreams Within Dreams :
  • Suddenly I feel myself become small as a swanling , tucked into the swan's feathers.
  • *2007 , Hubert Schuurman, People of the Swan :
  • Slim ran over to the pond and unleashed the excited swanlings'. They followed Moose and Slim to a quiet backwash of the river and glided gracefully into the water. Moose sat down on a little hillock and listened to Slim talking to the ' swanlings .
  • *2011 , Jack Zipes, The Enchanted Screen :
  • The narrative concerns a female duck who hatches four dark ducklings, and when the fifth turns out to be a white “swanling ,” the father duck more or less accuses his wife of adultery.
  • *2011 , Gail Steinberg, Beth Hall, Inside Transracial Adoption :
  • Bruno Bettelheim What this is really about is how you and your own dear swanling can rest securely in the feeling of belonging together when you experience daily life differently because others treat you differently.

    Usage notes

    Most dictionaries don't list this word (as of 2013).

    Synonyms

    * (l)