different between paleontology vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• palæontology (chiefly British)
• palaeontology (British)

Etymology

From French paléontologie. Surface etymology is paleo- (“ancient”) +? onto- (“being”) +? -logy (“study”).

Noun

paleontology (uncountable)

1. (American spelling) Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.

Hypernyms

• humanities

Hyponyms

• anthropology
• micropaleontology
• taphonomy

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• paleontology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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