different between moroseness vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

morose +? -ness

Noun

moroseness (usually uncountable, plural morosenesses)

1. Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness.

   • He acquired a slouching gait and ignoble look; his naturally reserved disposition was exaggerated into an almost idiotic excess of unsociable moroseness; and he took a grim pleasure, apparently, in exciting the aversion rather than the esteem of his few acquaintance.

Synonyms

• morosity

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “moroseness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• moroseness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “moroseness” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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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