different between uninhabitable vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

un- +? inhabitable

Adjective

uninhabitable (comparative more uninhabitable, superlative most uninhabitable)

1. Not fit for people (or other living things) to live in; not able to be inhabited.

   Synonyms: unlivable, unoccupiable, (obsolete) unhabitable

   Antonym: inhabitable

   • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, Scene 1,^[1]

     Though this island seem to be desert,— […]

     Uninhabitable and almost inaccessible,—

   • 1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, Penguin, 1962, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 53,^[2]

     Then there is the misery of leaking roofs and oozing walls, which in winter makes some rooms almost uninhabitable.

Derived terms

• uninhabitably

Translations

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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