different between novelize vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• novelise

Etymology

novel +? -ize

Verb

novelize (third-person singular simple present novelizes, present participle novelizing, simple past and past participle novelized)

1. To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.

   Herbert was able to novelize his experiences as a soldier into a compelling action drama.

2. (dated) To innovate.
   • 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 38,^[1]

     […] the novelizing spirit of man lives by variety, and the new faces of things.

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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