As nouns the difference between taxonomy and wasp
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while wasp is any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee or wasp can be a member of the dominant american upper-class culture, a white anglo-saxon protestant.
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
wasp
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (referring to the insect's woven nests). Compare Dutch (m), German (m), Danish (m).
Noun
(
en noun)
Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee.
A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
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See also
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Etymology 2
Originally an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
Noun
(
en noun)
A member of the dominant American upper-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
See also
* cracker
* honky
Anagrams
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