different between snarky vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

snark +? -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare Low German snarken (“to snore”), North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka. In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late 1990s.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sn??.ki/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sn??.ki/

Adjective

snarky (comparative snarkier, superlative snarkiest)

1. (informal, often humorous) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
2. (obsolete) Irritable, irritated.

   Synonym: cranky

Derived terms

• snark (noun)
• snarkily
• snarkism
• snarkiness

Translations

Further reading

• “snarky”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

References

Anagrams

• Karsyn

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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