different between pedometer vs taxonomy

English

Etymology 1

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, from French pédomètre, from pedi-, Latin combining form for "foot", plus -ometer, from Greek. In French now the word is podomètre, and similar in other Romance languages and in Greek (????????? (podómetro)).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??d?m?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??d?m?t?/

Noun

pedometer (plural pedometers)

1. A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.

   He thought that buying a pedometer would spur him on to exercise.

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Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ???? (paîs, “child”) + -meter.

Noun

pedometer (plural pedometers)

1. (Canada, US) Alternative spelling of paedometer

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pedometer”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• pedometre

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

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