different between facially vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

facial +? -ly

Adverb

facially (not comparable)

1. Using or involving the face.
   • 2012, Janet Shibley Hyde, Nicole Else-Quest, Half the Human Experience

     "The results showed that women were significantly more facially expressive than men for all emotion clips."

2. (law, of a law or regulation's validity) In a facial manner; on its face.

   The law will be repealed if it is found to be facially unconstitutional.

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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