taxon vs genus

taxon and genus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
taxon	Yes	No	No	No
genus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, genus is a hyponym of taxon; that is, genus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than taxon:

taxon: animal or plant group having natural relations
genus: (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

Other hyponyms of taxon include Adapid, Adapid group, Omomyid, Omomyid group, kingdom, subkingdom, variety, phylum, subphylum, superphylum, class, subclass, superclass, order, suborder, superorder, family, superfamily, subfamily, tribe, subgenus, monotype, species, race, subspecies, form, strain, var., variant, type, group Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermaphyta, Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, Centrospermae, group Centrospermae, Amentiferae, group Amentiferae, Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group.

taxon (noun)	genus (noun)
animal or plant group having natural relations	a general kind of something
	(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

Difference between taxon and genus

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