taxon vs tribe

taxon and tribe both are nouns.

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

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

taxon: animal or plant group having natural relations
tribe: (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

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, genus, 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)	tribe (noun)
animal or plant group having natural relations	a social division of (usually preliterate) people
	a federation (as of American Indians)
	group of people related by blood or marriage
	(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

Difference between taxon and tribe

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