Taxonomy vs Cosmos - What's the difference?
As a noun taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification. As a proper noun cosmos is .
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
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cosmos
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
(wikipedia cosmos)
(<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary
wikispecies”>wikispecies)
The universe.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-24, volume=408, issue=8850, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A problem of cosmic proportions
, passage=In Dr Wetterich’s picture of the cosmos the redshift others attribute to expansion is, rather, the result of the universe putting on weight. If atoms weighed less in the past, he reasons, the light they emitted then would, in keeping with the laws of quantum mechanics, have been less energetic than the light they emit now.}}
An ordered, harmonious whole.
Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of cosmopolitan
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