different between externality vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

external +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kst??næl?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kst??næl?ti/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ekst??næl?ti/
• Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

externality (countable and uncountable, plural externalities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being external or externalized.
2. (countable) A thing that is external relative to something else.
3. (economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.

Derived terms

• network externality
• nonexternality

Translations

See also

• collateral damage

Further reading

• externality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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