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Taxonomy vs Underplot - What's the difference?

taxonomy | underplot |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and underplot

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while underplot is a subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia 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

    underplot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1882-89, author=, title=A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I have not been able to discover the source of the very curious underplot of The Captives . }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1906, author=Walter W. Greg, title=Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Thus, again to quote Mr. Homer Smith, it has been held that 'In general the pastoral incidents serve as an underplot , utterly foreign in spirit to the main plot.' }}