different between gushingly vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

gushing +? -ly

Adverb

gushingly (comparative more gushingly, superlative most gushingly)

1. So as to gush or flow forth.
   • 1982, Popular Photography (volume 89, number 9, page 118)

     Just send a good, strong current through, so that the water overflows gushingly, and shake the reels from time to time […]

2. In a gushing manner; with overeffusive sentimentality.
   • 1998, Robert Stone, Damascus Gate

     "We went to see Guys and Dolls in New York," Maria Clara said gushingly. "It was so typical. We thought of you."

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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