different between tomfool vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

tom +? fool.

Noun

tomfool (plural tomfools)

1. a silly or stupid person, especially a boy or man.
2. (Caribbean, colloquial) Any of various tyrant flycatchers viewed as foolishly confiding.

Adjective

tomfool (comparative more tomfool, superlative most tomfool)

1. silly or stupid.

Derived terms

• tomfoolery

Verb

tomfool (third-person singular simple present tomfools, present participle tomfooling, simple past and past participle tomfooled)

1. (intransitive) To act foolishly.

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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