different between werewolfdom vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From werewolf +? -dom.

Noun

werewolfdom (uncountable)

1. The world of werewolves.
2. The state of being a werewolf; werewolfism; lycanthropy.
   • 1986, David Hogan, Dark Romance: Sexuality in the Horror Film - Page 43:

     Werewolf of London (1935) was one of the earliest Hollywood films about werewolfdom; as such, it is ponderous and self-important.

   • 2001, Lindo J. Holland-Toll, As American As Mom, Baseball, and Apple Pie:

     Werewolfdom is caused by a virus, somewhat like rabies, which liberates an atavistic part of the brain that human beings have lost.

   • 2011, Molly Harper, How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf:

     Stories about running with Samson in their early days of werewolfdom, most of which ended with Samson waking up naked on the front porch of a ranger station.

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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