taxonomic group vs variant

variant vs taxonomic group

taxonomic group and variant both are nouns.

taxonomic group is not an adjective while variant is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
taxonomic group	Yes	No	No	No
variant	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

taxonomic group: 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 taxonomic group 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.

taxonomic group (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

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

Difference between taxonomic group and variant

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