different between unrequited vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

un- +? requited

Pronunciation

Adjective

unrequited (comparative more unrequited, superlative most unrequited)

1. Unanswered; not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.
   • 1912, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 27, in Miss Billy’s Decision:

     To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.

Derived terms

• unrequited love

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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