different between abhorring vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

abhor +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?h??.??/

Noun

abhorring (usually uncountable, plural abhorrings)

1. Detestation. [Mid 16^th century.]
2. A detested thing. [Mid 16^th century.]
   • c. 1607, Antony and Cleopatra, by Shakespeare, Act V Scene II

     Rather a ditch in Egypt / Be gentle grave unto me! rather on Nilus' mud / Lay me stark-nak'd, and let the water-flies / Blow me into abhorring!

Verb

abhorring

1. present participle of abhor

Related terms

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

References

Anagrams

• harboring

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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