different between nymphomaniac vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From nymphomania +? -ac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??fo? ?me?niæk/, /?n?mfo? ?me?niæk/

• Rhymes: -e?niæk

Noun

nymphomaniac (plural nymphomaniacs)

1. A woman with an excessive libido.

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Adjective

nymphomaniac (comparative more nymphomaniac, superlative most nymphomaniac)

1. (of a woman) Having an excessive libido.

Synonyms

• nymphomaniacal

Translations

Related terms

• nymphomania

See also

• hypersexuality
• satyromaniac

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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