different between bushwhacking vs taxonomy

English

Noun

bushwhacking (plural bushwhackings)

1. travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
2. fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
3. criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions

Related terms

• bushwhack
• bushwhacker

Verb

bushwhacking

1. present participle of bushwhack

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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