Taxonomy vs Townie - What's the difference?
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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.
(UK, US) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
(US) A person born and raised in an area of who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage.
(UK) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area.
(UK) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
(UK, pejorative) A chav.
(US) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
* 1999 , Richard D. Lewis, When Cultures Collide: Managing Successfully Across Cultures ,
* 2002 , Graeme Davison, Rural Sustainability in Historical Perspective'', Chris Cocklin, Jacqui Dibden (editors), ''Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia , University Of New South Wales Press,
* 2005 , Marc Brodie, Chapter 9: The Politics of Rural Nostalgia between the Wars'', Graeme Davison, Marc Brodie (editors), ''Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth-Century Australia ,
* 2008 , , Blood & Tinsel: A Memoir , Melbourne University Publishing,
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and townie
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while townie is (uk|us) a person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.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 * ontologytownie
English
(wikipedia townie)Alternative forms
* towneeNoun
(en noun)page 191,
- The modern Aussie is a townie through and through. Australia is the least densely populated country on earth; it is also among the most highly urbanised.
page 40,
- In the 1940?s, a social survey of Victorian country towns found a similar gap between the interests and outlooks of farmers and townies , and an underlying fear on the part of the townsfolk.
page 9.9,
- In that sense, the townies , not the farmers, were the inheritors of a pioneer capacity for hard work.
page 18,
- Earlier, there would probably have been a grudge match between two townies , or locals.
