different between outworn vs taxonomy

English

Verb

outworn

1. past participle of outwear

   My sister gave away her shoes from when she was little, having outworn them.

Adjective

outworn (comparative more outworn, superlative most outworn)

1. no longer usable
2. worn out
3. out of date

Synonyms

• (out of date): antiquated, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Further reading

• outworn at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• worn out, worn-out

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