Taxonomy vs Worsted - What's the difference?
taxonomy | worsted |
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.
Yarn made from long strands of wool.
*
The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn.
* 1902 , (Joseph Conrad),
(worst)
Defeated, overcome.
* 1869 , (Louisa May Alcott),
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and worsted
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while worsted is yarn made from long strands of wool.As a verb worsted is
(worst).As an adjective worsted is
defeated, overcome.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 * ontologyworsted
English
(wikipedia worsted)Etymology 1
Named after Worsted (now (Worstead)), a town in Norfolk, England.Noun
- "Yes, young people are usually blind to everything but their own wishes, and seldom imagine how much those wishes cost others," said Mrs. Garth She did not mean to go beyond this salutary general doctrine, and threw her indignation into a needless unwinding of her worsted , knitting her brow at it with a grand air.
The Heart of Darkness.
- He had tied a bit of white worsted round his neck -- Why? Where did he get it? Was it a badge -- an ornament -- a charm -- a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected with it?
Hyponyms
* (fine wool fabric) gabardine, serge, tamin, whipcordEtymology 2
Participle adjective of the verb (worst).Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Little Women.
- Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such an unlimited extent that she naturally found herself worsted in an argument.