different between outskirt vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

out- +? skirt

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?tsk?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?tsk??t/
• Hyphenation: out?skirt

Noun

outskirt (plural outskirts)

1. A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.

   Many people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town.

Usage notes

• As a noun, plural form is much more common.
• In attributive use, the singular form is more common.

Translations

Verb

outskirt (third-person singular simple present outskirts, present participle outskirting, simple past and past participle outskirted)

1. (transitive) To surround as an outskirt.

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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