different between crapola vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

crap +? -ola

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?æ?po?l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?æ?p??l?/
• Rhymes: -??l?

Noun

crapola (uncountable)

1. (slang) Items or material of poor quality or little importance.

   My junk drawer is full of all sorts of crapola.

Synonyms

• crap

Adjective

crapola (not comparable)

1. (slang) Feeling sick or bad.

Anagrams

• caporal

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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