different between patinate vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

patina +? -ate

Adjective

patinate (not comparable)

1. Having a patina.

Synonyms

• patinated

Verb

patinate (third-person singular simple present patinates, present participle patinating, simple past and past participle patinated)

1. (transitive) To coat with a patina.
2. (intransitive) To become coated with a patina.

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Italian

Adjective

patinate

1. feminine plural of patinato

Verb

patinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of patinare
2. second-person plural imperative of patinare
3. feminine plural of patinato

Anagrams

• patatine, piantate

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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