different between circumnavigate vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumn?vig?tus, perfect passive participle of circumn?vig? (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + n?vig? (“sail, navigate”), from n?vis (“ship”) + ag? (“do”). Surface analysis: circum- +? navigate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?.k?m?næv.?.?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?.k?m?næv.?.?e?t/

Verb

circumnavigate (third-person singular simple present circumnavigates, present participle circumnavigating, simple past and past participle circumnavigated)

1. (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.

   We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.
2. (transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
3. (intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.

Synonyms

• (travel completely around): compass, go around, sail around
• (circumvent): circumvent, go round

Hypernyms

• navigate

Related terms

• circumnavigation
• circumnavigator
• navigate

Translations

Italian

Verb

circumnavigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of circumnavigare
2. second-person plural imperative of circumnavigare
3. feminine plural of circumnavigato

Latin

Verb

circumn?vig?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of circumn?vig?

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

Translations