Taxonomy vs Toney - What's the difference?
taxonomy | toney |
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.
* 1918 , William Magney,
* 1921 , D. H. Lawrence,
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As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective toney 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 * ontologytoney
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Adjective
(er)The Hunt Ball Mystery, Chapter II:
- The ball will be rather a toney affair."
The Lost Girl, Thomas Seltzer (1921), Chapter XII:
- The really toney women of the place came to take tea in her room, and these little teas in the hospital were like a little elegant female conspiracy.