As nouns the difference between terms and tautonym
is that terms is while tautonym is (biology|informal) a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as bison bison .
terms
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tautonym
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en noun)
(biology, informal) A binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison .