different between darkle vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Back-formation from darkling.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??k(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??k(?)l/

Verb

darkle (third-person singular simple present darkles, present participle darkling, simple past and past participle darkled)

1. To be dark; to be visible only darkly.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.49:

     Thus to their hopeless eyes the night was shown, / And grimly darkled o'er the faces pale [...].

2. To become dark; to show indistinctly.

Anagrams

• larked

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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