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A square taper axle has tapered, squared off ends that the cranks are pushed onto. A cottered axle has round ends with a notches cut out to fit cotter pins, which hold the cranks in place.
I think a BB with separate axle, ball bearings, and cups is generally known as cup and cone. Cottered refers to the axle.
A cottered axle looks like this.