different between afare vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Middle English afaren, from Old English ?faran (“to depart, march, to go out of or from a place, travel, remove, lead out”). Equivalent to a- +? fare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f??(?)/
• Homophone: affair

Verb

afare (third-person singular simple present afares, present participle afaring, simple past afared or afore, past participle afared or afaren)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To depart.

Anagrams

• afear

French

Adjective

afare

1. feminine singular of afar

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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