different between toadstool vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• toadestoole (obsolete)
• todestoole (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tode-stole, tadstol, taddestol, equivalent to toad +? stool. Compare dialectal English frogstool (“toadstool”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??d?stu?l/
• (US) enPR: ?t?d'sto?ol, IPA^(key): /?to?d?stu(?)l/

Noun

toadstool (plural toadstools)

1. Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an agaric.

Translations

See also

• fungus/fungi
• mushroom

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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