different between conlanger vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From conlang +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.læ?.?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.læ?.?/
• Hyphenation: con?lang?er

Noun

conlanger (plural conlangers)

1. Someone who creates constructed languages (conlangs).
   • 2005, Mari C. Jones, Ishtla Singh, Exploring Language Change, page 154,

     The fact that the Internet has given visible shape to communities of invented language proponents through web sites and chat rooms for enthusiastic conlangers (‘language constructors’) has probably done little to dispel its reputation as a somewhat unusual and, to all intents and purposes, intangible undertaking.

Coordinate terms

• auxlanger

Translations

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

Translations