different between onomastic vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (onomastikós).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.n???mæs.t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.no??mæs.t?k/, /???.n??mæs.t?k/
• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

onomastic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a personal or place name.
2. Of or relating to onomastics.

Related terms

• onomastician

Derived terms

• onomastics

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French onomastique

Adjective

onomastic m or n (feminine singular onomastic?, masculine plural onomastici, feminine and neuter plural onomastice)

1. onomastic

Declension

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

Translations