different between carpeting vs taxonomy

English

Noun

carpeting (usually uncountable, plural carpetings)

1. Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.

   As part of the restoration of the house, they took up the carpeting and left the hardwood floors exposed.

2. Cloth or materials for carpets.
3. (informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.

   She got a carpeting from the boss.

Synonyms

• See carpet.

Verb

carpeting

1. present participle of carpet

   She considered carpeting her bedroom floor to cover the blood stains in the floorboards.

Anagrams

• peracting, preacting

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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