different between characterless vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

character +? -less

Adjective

characterless (comparative more characterless, superlative most characterless)

1. Having no distinguishing character or quality.
   • 1855, William Cooper Nell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution,

     The great mass of American citizens estimate us, as being a characterless and purposeless people ; and hence we hold up our heads, if at all, against the withering influence of a nation's scorn and contempt.

   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Friction," [1]

     The House of All Sorts was new and characterless. It had not yet found itself—and an apartment house takes longer to find itself than do individual private houses.

2. Lacking in or devoid of personality.

Translations

Anagrams

• clearstarches

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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