different between festschrift vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Festschrift, from Fest (“celebration; festival”) +? Schrift (“writing (work of an author)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?st????ft/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?s(t)????ft/
• Hyphenation: fest?schrift

Noun

festschrift (plural festschrifts or festschriften)

1. A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person. [from late 19th c.]

   Synonym: liber amicorum

Usage notes

The word is often written as Festschrift (plural Festschriften) following the German orthography.

Alternative forms

• Festschrift

Translations

See also

• Gedenkschrift (“a festschrift presented posthumously”)
• memorial
• retrospective
• tribute

Further reading

• festschrift 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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