different between hackneyed vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

hackney +? -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hækni?d/
• (US) enPR: h?k?n?d

Adjective

hackneyed (comparative more hackneyed, superlative most hackneyed)

1. Repeated too often.

   Synonyms: banal, commonplace, clichéd, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn; see also Thesaurus:hackneyed

2. (dated) Let out for hire.

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Verb

hackneyed

1. simple past tense and past participle of hackney

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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