different between gafiation vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

GAFIA +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æfi?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

gafiation (plural gafiations)

1. (dated, fandom slang) The act of gafiating; a beginning or end of involvement in fandom.
2. (dated, fandom slang) The state or result of having gafiated; having entered or exited fandom.

Related terms

• degafiate
• fafiation
• gafiate
• gafiated
• gafiates
• gafiating

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “gafiation”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 74
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “gafiation n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

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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