different between daystar vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Middle English daysterre, from Old English dæ?steorra, equivalent to day +? star. Cognate with Scots daystern (“morningstar; daystar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?de?st??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?de?st??/

Noun

daystar (plural daystars)

1. The morning star; the planet Venus.
   • 1809, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad, book VI, l. 245

     Here dawn'd the daystar of Hesperia's fame, / Here herald glory first emblazed her name;

   • 1865, Common English Version of the Bible, 2 Peter 1:19

     And we have more sure the prophetic word; to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the daystar arise in your hearts;

2. (poetic) The Sun.

   I only go outdoors at night, away from the daystar's burning glare.

Usage notes

The word used in the Bible (2 Peter) is the Ancient Greek ???????? (ph?sphóros) ‘phosphoros’, the ancient name for the planet Venus. Literally, "light-bringer". It is interpreted by some Christians as allegory for Jesus Christ; see for example Daystar University.

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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