taxon vs variant

variant vs taxon

taxon and variant both are nouns.

taxon is not an adjective while variant is an adjective.

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

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

taxon: animal or plant group having natural relations
variant: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

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, genus, subgenus, monotype, species, race, subspecies, form, strain, var., type, group Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermaphyta, Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, Centrospermae, group Centrospermae, Amentiferae, group Amentiferae, Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group.

taxon (noun)	variant (noun)
animal or plant group having natural relations	a variable quantity that is random
	something a little different from others of the same type
	an event that departs from expectations
	(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

taxon (adjective)	variant (adjective)
	differing from a norm or standard
	exhibiting variation and change

Difference between taxon and variant

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.