different between handsaw vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• hand saw

Etymology 1

From Middle English handsawe, handsagh, equivalent to hand +? saw. Cognate with West Frisian hânseage (“handsaw”), Dutch handzaag (“handsaw”),German Handsäge (“handsaw”), Danish håndsav (“handsaw”), Swedish handsåg (“handsaw”), Icelandic handsög (“handsaw”).

Noun

handsaw (plural handsaws)

1. A saw small enough to be used by one hand.

Translations

Etymology 2

Corruption of heronshaw.

Noun

handsaw (plural handsaws)

1. (obsolete) A heron.

Anagrams

• Dhawans

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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