different between abhorrency vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

abhorrence +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b???nsi/

Noun

abhorrency (plural abhorrencies)

1. (obsolete) Aberrancy. [Attested only in the late 16^th century.]
2. (obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. [Attested from the early 17^th century until the early 18^th century.]
3. (obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing. [Attested only in the early 18^th century.]

Related terms

• abhor
• abhorred
• abhorrence
• abhorrent
• abhorrently
• abhorrer
• abhorrible
• abhorring

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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