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hierarchy vs taxonomy

taxonomy vs hierarchy

hierarchy and taxonomy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hierarchy Yes No No No
taxonomy Yes No No No
As nouns, taxonomy is a hyponym of hierarchy; that is, taxonomy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hierarchy:
  • hierarchy: a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
  • taxonomy: a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
Other hyponyms of hierarchy include celestial hierarchy, data hierarchy.
hierarchy (noun) taxonomy (noun)
a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body (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 hierarchy and taxonomy

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