different between decapitate vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From French décapiter, from Late Latin decapitare, from de- + caput.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??kap?te?t/

Verb

decapitate (third-person singular simple present decapitates, present participle decapitating, simple past and past participle decapitated)

1. (transitive, literally) To remove the head of.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To oust or destroy the leadership or ruling body of (a government etc.).

Synonyms

• behead
• decollate

Hyponyms

• guillotine

Antonyms

• recapitate

Derived terms

• decapitable
• decapitation

Translations

Italian

Verb

decapitate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of decapitare

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

Translations