different between backlist vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

back +? list

Noun

backlist (plural backlists)

1. (publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.

Verb

backlist (third-person singular simple present backlists, present participle backlisting, simple past and past participle backlisted)

1. (transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.

   I have not heard back from the college yet: I must have been backlisted.

2. (transitive, publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist.

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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