different between pushy vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From push +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?.?i/
• Rhymes: -??i

Adjective

pushy (comparative pushier, superlative pushiest)

1. Overly assertive, bold or determined; aggressively ambitious.

   Parents are ruining school sports days by being pushy and overbearing, a survey suggests. BBC

Synonyms

• sharp-elbowed
• obtrusive

Derived terms

• pushily
• pushiness
• unpushy

Related terms

• push

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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