different between nunhood vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

nun +? -hood

Noun

nunhood (countable and uncountable, plural nunhoods)

1. The status or condition of being a nun.
   • 2005, Judith Arnold, The Fixer Upper, Mira (2005), ?ISBN, page 337:

     "She's Jewish," Harry muttered. "Nunhood is out of the question."

2. Nuns as a group.
   • 2007, William E. Deal, Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, Oxford University Press (2007), ?ISBN, page 43:

     She entered the nunhood after her husband's death and became a well-respected tutor of high-ranking noblemen and noblewomen.

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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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