different between infestivity vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From in- +? festivity.

Noun

infestivity (uncountable)

1. A lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth.
   • 1903, Frederic Stewart Isham, Under the Rose, ?ISBN (2009 reprint), p. 70:

     Moreover, Caillette experienced a superior sadness, sifted through years of infestivity and gloom.

   • 1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, ?ISBN (1998 Arcade edition), p. 256:

     May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.

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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