different between humankind vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From human +? -kind.

Pronunciation

/?hju?m?n ?ka?nd/

• Rhymes: -a?nd

Noun

humankind (usually uncountable, plural humankinds)

1. The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.

   Hypernyms: apedom, apekind

Usage notes

• "Mankind" is more common than "humankind", but "humanity" is more common than both of them combined, according to Google N-grams.

Synonyms

• the human race
• mankind
• humanity
• Homo sapiens
• See also Thesaurus:humankind

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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