taxonomic category vs monotype

monotype vs taxonomic category

taxonomic category and monotype both are nouns.

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

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

taxonomic category: animal or plant group having natural relations
monotype: (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)

Other hyponyms of taxonomic category 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, 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)	monotype (noun)
animal or plant group having natural relations	a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
	the sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate
	(biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)

Difference between taxonomic category and monotype

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