different between depressive vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??p??s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

depressive (comparative more depressive, superlative most depressive)

1. Causing depression; dispiriting.
2. Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
3. Relating to or characteristic of depression.

Derived terms

• depressively
• depressiveness
• depressivity

Translations

Noun

depressive (plural depressives)

1. A person suffering from depression.

German

Adjective

depressive

1. inflection of depressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Adjective

depressive

1. feminine plural of depressivo

Anagrams

• prevedessi

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