different between circuitous vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

First attested in 1664. From Latin circuit?sus, from circuitus, from circume? (“I go around”), from circum (“around”) + e? (“I go”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s???kju??t?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??kju??t?s/, /s??kju??t?s/

Adjective

circuitous (comparative more circuitous, superlative most circuitous)

1. Not direct or to the point.
2. Of a long and winding route.

Synonyms

• (not direct): indirect, roundabout
• (of a winding route): roundabout, tortuous

Derived terms

• circuitously
• circuitousness
• uncircuitous

Translations

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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