different between italicize vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• italicise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From italic +? -ize.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-t?l'?-s?z'

Verb

italicize (third-person singular simple present italicizes, present participle italicizing, simple past and past participle italicized) (transitive)

1. (typography) To put into italics.
2. (figuratively) To emphasize.

Derived terms

• italicization
• unitalicize

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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