different between hogwash vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog +? wash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??w??/

Noun

hogwash (usually uncountable, plural hogwashes)

1. (informal, figuratively) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.

   Synonyms: nonsense; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
2. (literally) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. [from mid 15th c.]

   Synonyms: slop, slops, swill

Related terms

• pigwash
• pigswill from swill
• See Derived terms of wash

Translations

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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