different between clashy vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Etymology 1

clash +? -y

Adjective

clashy (comparative clashier, superlative clashiest)

1. (obsolete, regional) wet; rainy
2. (informal) that clash, that do not match or fit stylistically

Etymology 2

A corruption of a form similar to khalasi, likely Marathi ????? (khal???).

Noun

clashy (plural clashies)

1. (archaic) A khalasi.

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Achlys

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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