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categorisation vs taxonomy

taxonomy vs categorisation

categorisation and taxonomy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
categorisation Yes No No No
taxonomy Yes No No No
As nouns, taxonomy is a hyponym of categorisation; that is, taxonomy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than categorisation:
  • categorisation: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
  • taxonomy: practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
categorisation (noun) taxonomy (noun)
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
a group of people or things arranged by class or category a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
Difference between categorisation and taxonomy

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