different between hissing vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?s??/
• Rhymes: -?s??

Verb

hissing

1. present participle of hiss

Noun

hissing (plural hissings)

1. The sound of a hiss.
   • 1875, John Lothrop Motley, The Life and Death of John of Barneveld Advocate of Holland

     The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.

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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