different between headbanger vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

head +? banger

Pronunciation

Noun

headbanger (plural headbangers)

1. One who dances by violently shaking the head in time to the music.
2. (by extension) One who enjoys heavy metal (rock) music, to which this sort of dance is usually performed.
3. A mad or eccentric person. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. A kind of chin-up or pull-up exercise where the head is kept in line with the bar.

Synonyms

• (heavy metal fan): metalhead, metaller

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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