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Taxonomy vs Util - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and util

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while util is (economics) a hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.

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

    util

    English

    (wikipedia util)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (economics) a hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction
  • * "After one ride, Edgar has a total of 11 utils of utility. [...] After two rides, Edgar is now up to 20 utils of satisfaction. [...] A third ride increases Edgar's total utility up to 27 utils of satisfaction." — [http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/wpd.pl/wpd.pl?fcd=dsp&key=total+utility]
  • (informal, computing) A utility.
    • Where can I download free disk utils ?

    Synonyms

    * (unit of satisfaction) hedon, utile

    Antonyms

    * (unit of satisfaction) dolor ----