different between fireship vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From fire +? ship.

Pronunciation

Noun

fireship (plural fireships)

1. (nautical) A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
2. (vulgar, slang) A diseased prostitute.

Hyponyms

(boat ablaze):

• hellburner

See also

(boat ablaze):

• fireboat

(prostitute):

• frenchified
• venereal disease

References

• Depraved and Insulting English – Peter Novobatsky & Ammon Shea ?ISBN

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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