different between gnarled vs taxonomy

English

Etymology 1

First attested Shakespeare 1603:

Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable [unwedgable] and gnarled Oke [oak].

Measure for Measure, Act II, scene ii, line 116

Variant of knurled, from knurl. Surface analysis is gnarl +? -ed, though gnarl is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century.

Adjective

gnarled (comparative more gnarled, superlative most gnarled)

1. Knotty and misshapen.

   • Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

2. Made rough by age or hard work.

Synonyms

• gnarly

Derived terms

• gnarl

Translations

Verb

gnarled

1. simple past tense and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 1)

Etymology 2

See gnarl (Etymology 2).

Verb

gnarled

1. simple past tense and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 2)

References

Anagrams

• Dangler, Glander, Le Grand, Legrand, dangler, rangled

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

Translations