different between debuff vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

de- +? buff (“to make a player or item stronger”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??b?f/, /di??b?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

debuff (plural debuffs)

1. (role-playing games, video games) An effect that makes a game character weaker; a negative status effect.

Synonyms

• status ailment
• nerf

Antonyms

• buff
• revamp
• renew
• improve

Verb

debuff (third-person singular simple present debuffs, present participle debuffing, simple past and past participle debuffed)

1. (role-playing games, video games) To make a character or unit weaker.

See also

• status effect

Anagrams

• buffed

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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