taxonomic category vs type

type vs taxonomic category

taxonomic category and type both are nouns.

taxonomic category is not a verb while type is a verb.

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

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

taxonomic category: animal or plant group having natural relations
type: (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

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, monotype, species, race, subspecies, form, strain, var., variant, group Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermaphyta, Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, Centrospermae, group Centrospermae, Amentiferae, group Amentiferae, Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group.

taxonomic category (noun)	type (noun)
animal or plant group having natural relations	a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
	a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
	all of the tokens of the same symbol
	printed characters
	(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
	a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

taxonomic category (verb)	type (verb)
	identify as belonging to a certain type
	write by means of a keyboard with types

Difference between taxonomic category and type

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