different between tortfeasance vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tortfesance, from Old French tort (“a misdeed, a wrong”) + fesance (“act, action, deed”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??t?fi?z?ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?(?)?t?fi?z?ns/, /?t???t-/
• Hyphenation: tort?fea?sance

Noun

tortfeasance (uncountable)

1. (chiefly law) The condition, or an act, of doing wrong; the act of committing a tort.

Related terms

• cotortfeasor
• tort
• tortfeasor
• tortious
• tortiously

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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