What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Taxonomy vs Weighted - What's the difference?

taxonomy | weighted |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a verb weighted is

(weight).

As an adjective weighted is

having weights on it.

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

    weighted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (weight)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having weights on it.
    • She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind.
  • Biased, so as to favour one party.
    • The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win.
  • (graph theory, of a graph) having values assigned to its edges
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 31 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman citation , page= , passage=Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off. }}