different between deaden vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

dead +? -en. Compare Dutch doden (“to kill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?d?n/
• Rhymes: -?d?n

Verb

deaden (third-person singular simple present deadens, present participle deadening, simple past and past participle deadened)

1. (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
2. (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
3. (transitive) To make soundproof.

   to deaden a wall or a floor

Translations

Anagrams

• deaned

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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