different between malison vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Old French malison, from Latin maledicti?, from the past participle stem of maled?c? (“I speak ill of”), from male (“wickedly, badly”) + d?c? (“say, speak”). Compare malediction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæl?z?n/, /?mæl?s?n/

Noun

malison (plural malisons)

1. (obsolete) A curse, a malediction.
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Rascality male and female is prowling in view of him. His fasting stomach is, with good cause, sour; he perhaps cannot forbear a passing malison on them; least of all can he forbear answering such.

Antonyms

• benison

Anagrams

• Osmanli, Soliman, monials, nomials, somalin, somnial

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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