different between irreconcilable vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconcili?bilis, from in- (“not”) + reconcili? (“I reconcile”) + -?bilis (“-able”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

irreconcilable (comparative more irreconcilable, superlative most irreconcilable)

1. Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
2. Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 26

     I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature.

Synonyms

• (unable to be reconciled): hostile, hateful, antagonistic

Derived terms

• irreconcilableness
• irreconcilability

Related terms

• irreconciliation

Translations

Noun

irreconcilable (plural irreconcilables)

1. Something that cannot be reconciled.

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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