Taxonomy vs Westy - What's the difference?
taxonomy | westy |
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.
(obsolete) Waste; desert.
(dialectal) Dizzy, giddy, confused.
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective westy is
(obsolete) waste; desert or westy can be (dialectal) dizzy, giddy, confused.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 * ontologywesty
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) westi, . See (l).Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
Origin obscure. Probably from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)- Whiles he lies wallowing, with a westy head — Joseph Hall.