different between jaded vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From jade (“worn-out horse”), possibly from Old Norse jalda (“mare”). Jade as a term of abuse for a woman dates from 1560.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?e?d?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d?d

Adjective

jaded (comparative more jaded, superlative most jaded)

1. Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been over exposed to, or having consumed too much of something.

   Synonyms: cloyed, gorged, glutted, satiated, sated, surfeited
2. Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

   Synonyms: exhausted, fatigued, wearied; see also Thesaurus:fatigued

3. Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

   Synonym: blasé

Derived terms

• jadedness

Translations

Verb

jaded

1. simple past tense and past participle of jade

References

Anagrams

• deadj.

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

Translations