different between splatter vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a blend of splash +? spatter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?splæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?(r)

Noun

splatter (countable and uncountable, plural splatters)

1. An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.

2. (uncountable, attributive) A genre of gory horror.

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Verb

splatter (third-person singular simple present splatters, present participle splattering, simple past and past participle splattered)

1. (intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

2. (transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.

3. (transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
   • 2012, Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise (page 100)

     Her wet hands […] splattered him with suds.

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Anagrams

• Platters, partlets, platters, prattles, sprattle

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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