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cladistics vs taxonomy

taxonomy vs cladistics

cladistics and taxonomy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cladistics Yes No No No
taxonomy Yes No No No
As nouns, taxonomy is a hypernym of cladistics; that is, taxonomy is a word with a broader meaning than cladistics:
  • cladistics: a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations
  • taxonomy: (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
cladistics (noun) taxonomy (noun)
a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
Difference between cladistics and taxonomy

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