different between compellation vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compell?ti?nem (“act of addressing”) + English -ion (suffix indicating the result of an action or process). Compell?ti?nem is the accusative singular of compell?ti? (“a rebuke, reprimand, reproof”), from compell? (“to compel; to urge; to drive together”) (from com- (prefix indicating a bringing together of several things) + pell? (“to drive, impel; to strike”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelh?- (“to approach; to drive; to strike; to thrust”)) + -ti? (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Compare appellation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mp??le???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mp??le???n/
• Homophone: compilation (some accents)
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: com?pel?lat?ion

Noun

compellation (plural compellations)

1. (archaic, rare) An act of addressing a person by a certain name or title.
2. (archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.
3. (obsolete) An act of addressing or speaking to someone; also, the address or speech so made.

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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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