different between preview vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From pre- +? view; compare Old French preveu, past participle of preveoir (“to foresee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?vj??/

Noun

preview (plural previews)

1. An experience of something in advance.

   Synonym: foretaste
2. (colloquial) An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
3. Something seen in advance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (computing) a facility for seeing and checking a document, or changes to it, before saving and/or printing it.

Synonyms

• forelook

Translations

Verb

preview (third-person singular simple present previews, present participle previewing, simple past and past participle previewed)

1. To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.

Translations

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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