different between classify vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From French classifier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?klæs.?.fa?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?klæs.??fa?/

Verb

classify (third-person singular simple present classifies, present participle classifying, simple past and past participle classified)

1. to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

2. to declare something a secret, especially a government secret

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:classify

Antonyms

• (to declare a secret): declassify

Related terms

• class
• classification

Translations

See also

• arrange
• distribute
• rank

Further reading

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

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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