different between raunchy vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Origin unknown (according to the American Heritage Dictionary).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????nt?i/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /????nt?i/
• Rhymes: -??nt?i, -??nt?i

Adjective

raunchy (comparative raunchier, superlative raunchiest)

1. Smutty; indecent.
2. Lecherous.
3. Sexually seductive.
4. Very low-class; inferior; inadequate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. With dishonorable, base and vulgar expression.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obscene

Translations

Derived terms

• raunch

Anagrams

• unchary

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

Translations