different between idiosyncracy vs nomenclature

English

Noun

idiosyncracy (plural idiosyncracies)

1. Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy

Usage notes

• This spelling is commonly considered a misspelling; etymologically the preferred spelling is idiosyncrasy, which is also the only spelling given by most dictionaries, such as the Dictionary.com Unabridged and the American Heritage Dictionary. This spelling is mentioned in the Oxford English Dictionary's entry for idiosyncrasy, but is marked as erroneous. Webster's Third New International Dictionary gives both spellings, but under the entry name idiosyncrasy.

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatura.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n???m?n.kl?t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?no?m?n?kle?t???/

Noun

nomenclature (countable and uncountable, plural nomenclatures)

1. A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
2. A set of names or terms.
3. (obsolete) A name.

Synonyms

• terminology

Coordinate terms

• glossary, taxonomy

Derived terms

• nomenclatural
• nomenclaturally

Related terms

• nomenclator, nomenclatory
• numericlature

Translations

Further reading

• nomenclature in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• nomenclature in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”).

Noun

nomenclature f (plural nomenclatures)

1. nomenclature

Italian

Noun

nomenclature f

1. plural of nomenclatura