different between constructive vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Middle French constructif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st??kt?v/

Adjective

constructive (comparative more constructive, superlative most constructive)

1. Relating to or causing construction.
2. Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
3. (law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
4. Not direct or expressed, but inferred.

Synonyms

• (carefully considered and meant to be helpful): productive

Antonyms

• (relating to or causing construction): destructive
• (carefully considered and meant to be helpful): destructive

Derived terms

Translations

French

Adjective

constructive

1. feminine singular of constructif

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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