taxonomic category vs kingdom

kingdom vs taxonomic category

taxonomic category and kingdom both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
taxonomic category	Yes	No	No	No
kingdom	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, kingdom is a hyponym of taxonomic category; that is, kingdom is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than taxonomic category:

taxonomic category: animal or plant group having natural relations
kingdom: the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

Other hyponyms of taxonomic category include Adapid, Adapid group, Omomyid, Omomyid group, subkingdom, variety, 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.

taxonomic category (noun)	kingdom (noun)
animal or plant group having natural relations	a basic group of natural objects
	a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
	the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
	the domain ruled by a king or queen
	a country with a king as head of state
	a domain in which something is dominant

Difference between taxonomic category and kingdom

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