different between refuel vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

re- +? fuel

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?i??fju??l/, /?i??fju?l/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /??i?fju??l/, /??i?fju?l/

Verb

refuel (third-person singular simple present refuels, present participle (US) refueling or refuelling, simple past and past participle (US) refueled or refuelled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To refill with fuel.

Usage notes

• Refuelled and refuelling are mainly British spellings.

Translations

Noun

refuel (plural refuels)

1. An act or instance of refilling with fuel.

Anagrams

• ferule, fueler

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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