taxon vs variety

variety vs taxon

taxon and variety both are nouns.

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

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

taxon: animal or plant group having natural relations
variety: (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics

Other hyponyms of taxon include Adapid, Adapid group, Omomyid, Omomyid group, kingdom, subkingdom, phylum, subphylum, superphylum, class, subclass, superclass, order, suborder, superorder, family, superfamily, subfamily, tribe, 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)	variety (noun)
animal or plant group having natural relations	noticeable heterogeneity
	a difference that is usually pleasant
	a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
	a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
	(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

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