different between distancer vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

distance +? -er

Noun

distancer (plural distancers)

1. (psychology) A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment
2. A means for establishing distance
3. (dated) A long-distance runner

Coordinate terms

• (emotionally distant person): pursuer

Anagrams

• dicentras, rancidest

Danish

Noun

distancer c

1. indefinite plural of distance

Verb

distancer or distancér

1. imperative of distancere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English distance +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.t??.se/

Verb

distancer

1. (transitive) to distance, outdistance

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Further reading

• “distancer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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