taxis vs response

response vs taxis

taxis and response both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
taxis	Yes	No	No	No
response	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, response is a hypernym of taxis; that is, response is a word with a broader meaning than taxis:

taxis: a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
response: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

Other hypernyms of taxis include reaction.

taxis (noun)	response (noun)
a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism	a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part	the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
	the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
	a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
	the manner in which something is greeted
	a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
	a result

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