different between paradisaical vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæ??d??se?.?k?l/

Adjective

paradisaical (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to paradise (or heaven).
   • April 1742, Thomas Gray, letter to Mr. West

     Now as the paradisaical pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing upon the flute […]

Synonyms

• (of or relating to paradise): paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal, paradisial, paradisian, paradisic, paradisical

Translations

Anagrams

• paradisiacal

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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