Taxonomy vs Thrift - What's the difference?
taxonomy | thrift |
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.
(uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
* (rfdate) Spenser
* (Ambrose Bierce)
(countable, US) A savings bank.
(countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria , particularly .
(obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
* 1380+ , (Geoffrey Chaucer), (The Canterbury Tales)
* : Act I, Scene I:
(obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and thrift
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while thrift is (uncountable) the characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).taxonomy
English
(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 * ontologythrift
English
(wikipedia thrift)Noun
- His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.
- The rest, willing to fall to thrift , prove very good husbands.
- Usually home mortgages are obtained from thrifts .
- Medleth na-more with that art, I mene, / For, if ye doon, your thrift is goon ful clene.
- I have a mind presages me such thrift .
