different between castanet vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Spanish castañeta, diminutive form of castaña, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kastáneia, “chestnut”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?kæs.t?.?n?t/

Noun

castanet (plural castanets)

1. (music, chiefly in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by string.

Derived terms

• castanetist

Translations

Anagrams

• anteacts

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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