Taxonomy vs Wicked - What's the difference?
taxonomy | wicked |
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.
Evil or mischievous by nature.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
(slang, New England, British) Very, extremely.
People who are wicked.Oxford dictionary [http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/wicked_2].
(wick)
Having a wick.
(British, dialect, chiefly, Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and wicked
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while wicked is people who are wickedoxford dictionary [http://wwwoxfordadvancedlearnersdictionarycom/dictionary/wicked_2].As an adjective wicked is
evil or mischievous by nature or wicked can be having a wick.As an adverb wicked is
(slang|new england|british) very, extremely.As a verb wicked is
(wick).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 * ontologywicked
English
Etymology 1
1225-75 (etyl) wikked, wikke, an alteration of wicke, adjectival use of (etyl)Adjective
(en-adj)citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "wicked" is often applied: witch, person, man, woman, angel, deed, act, pleasure, delight, game, way, night, word.Synonyms
* (evil or mischievous) evil, immoral, malevolent, malicious, nefarious, twisted, villainous, See also * awesome, bad, cool, dope, excellent, far out, groovy, hot, rad, See alsoDerived terms
* wickedly * wickedness * wicked tongueAdverb
(-)- The band we went to see the other night was wicked loud!
Synonyms
* hella, helluv (primarily Northern California slang )Noun
Etymology 2
See (wick)Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- a two-wicked lamp