different between horrification vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

horror +? -ification, or alternatively horrific +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h???f??ke???n/, /?h???f??ke???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h???f??ke???n/, /?h???f??ke???n/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?h???f??kæe??n/

Noun

horrification (countable and uncountable, plural horrifications)

1. That which causes horror.
   • 1801, Maria Edgeworth, Belinda

     As the old woman and her miserable light went on before us, I could almost have thought of Sir Bertrand, or of some German horrifications […]

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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