different between wainscotting vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• wainscoting

Etymology

wainscot +? -ing. Attested since at least the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?we?nsk?t??/

Noun

wainscotting (usually uncountable, plural wainscottings)

1. Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

     The giggles got louder and ran around the corners of the room like rats behind the wainscotting.

Synonyms

• wainscot (countable)

Translations

Verb

wainscotting

1. present participle of wainscot

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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