different between classification vs bibliography

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French classification

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?klæs?f??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

classification (countable and uncountable, plural classifications)

1. The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN

     I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
     And there is also taxinomia a principle of 'classification' and ordered tabulation.
     Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …
     Western reason had entered the age of judgement.

Derived terms

• classification scheme
• classification yard

Related terms

• class
• classic
• classify
• category
• categorize
• segment

Translations

Further reading

• classification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• classification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• classification at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

classe +? -ification

Pronunciation

Noun

classification f (plural classifications)

1. classification

Further reading

• “classification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from ???????????? (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from ??????? (biblíon, “small book”) + ????? (gráph?, “I write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?bli????fi/
• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

bibliography (plural bibliographies)

1. A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
2. A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
3. The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

Derived terms

Related terms

• bibliology
• reference list

Translations

Further reading

• bibliography in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• bibliography in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• bibliography at OneLook Dictionary Search