race vs taxon
taxon vs racerace and taxon both are nouns.
race is a verb but taxon is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| race | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| taxon | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
taxon is a hypernym of
race; that is, taxon is a
word with a broader meaning than race:
- race: (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
- taxon: animal or plant group having natural relations
Other hypernyms of race include
taxonomic category, taxonomic group.
| race (noun) | taxon (noun) |
|---|---|
| a canal for a current of water | animal or plant group having natural relations |
| a contest of speed | |
| any competition | |
| people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock | |
| (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | |
| the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller |
| race (verb) | taxon (verb) |
|---|---|
| compete in a race | |
| move hurridly | |
| cause to move fast or to rush or race | |
| to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others |
Words related to "race"
- Amerindian race
- Black race
- Caucasian race
- Caucasoid race
- Herrenvolk
- Mongolian race
- Mongoloid race
- Negro race
- Negroid race
- White people
- White race
- Yellow race
- act
- airstream
- arms race
- auto race
- automobile race
- backwash
- barge
- belt along
- bicycle race
- bike race
- biological science
- biology
- boat race
- boat-race
- buck
- bucket along
- burnup
- bustle
- bustle about
- campaign
- canal
- cannonball along
- car race
- charge
- chariot race
- compete
- competition
- contend
- contest
- cross country
- dart
- dash
- displace
- dog racing
- flash
- flow
- foot race
- footrace
- freestyle
- go
- group
- grouping
- hasten
- heat
- hie
- horse race
- horse-race
- hotfoot
- hustle
- locomote
- master race
- move
- pelt along
- people of color
- people of colour
- place
- political campaign
- potato race
- push forward
- racer
- raceway
- racial
- racing
- racy
- relay
- relay race
- repechage
- run
- rush
- rush along
- sack race
- scoot
- scratch race
- scud
- shoot
- shoot down
- show
- ski race
- skiing race
- slipstream
- speed
- speed skate
- stampede
- step on it
- subspecies
- taxon
- taxonomic category
- taxonomic group
- tear
- thrust ahead
- travel
- vie
- wash
Words related to "taxon"
- Adapid
- Adapid group
- Amentiferae
- Centrospermae
- Omomyid
- Omomyid group
- Phycomycetes
- Phycomycetes group
- Pteridospermae
- Pteridospermaphyta
- biological group
- class
- family
- form
- genus
- group Amentiferae
- group Centrospermae
- group Pteridospermae
- group Pteridospermaphyta
- kingdom
- monotype
- order
- phylum
- race
- species
- strain
- subclass
- subfamily
- subgenus
- subkingdom
- suborder
- subphylum
- subspecies
- superclass
- superfamily
- superorder
- superphylum
- taxonomic category
- taxonomic group
- tribe
- type
- var.
- variant
- variety
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