different between concoction vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Latin concocti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?k?k??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?k?k??n/, [k??n?k??k??n], [k????k??k??n]

Noun

concoction (countable and uncountable, plural concoctions)

1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
2. A mixture prepared in such a way.
3. Something made up, an invention.
4. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).

   • [Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]

5. (obsolete, figuratively) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
6. (obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
7. (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.

   • There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin concocti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.k?k.sj??/

Noun

concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin concocti?nem.

Noun

concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)

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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