different between classification vs inscription

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 Latin ?nscr?pti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?sk??p??n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n
• Hyphenation: in?scrip?tion

Noun

inscription (countable and uncountable, plural inscriptions)

1. The act of inscribing.
2. Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.
3. The text on a coin.

   Synonym: legend

4. Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

Translations

See also

• epigraph

French

Etymology

From Latin inscr?pti?, inscr?pti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.k?ip.sj??/

Noun

inscription f (plural inscriptions)

1. registration, enrolment
2. inscription

Related terms

• inscrire

Further reading

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