different between zzzs vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From zzz, a cartoon depiction of snoring; compare zs.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ziz/

Noun

zzzs pl (plural only)

1. (slang) Sleep.
   • 2002, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies

     The harder you try to sleep, the greater the chances you'll end up gnashing your teeth all night rather than stacking some Zzzs.

   • 2009, Here's a brainy idea - how about a little music? (in the Toronto Star, 20 January 2009)

     Despite legendary high-achieving short sleepers, including Bill Clinton and Margaret Thatcher, going without zzzs is far more likely to make you fat, grumpy and ineffective than to get you a promotion or a Nobel Prize (or help you keep your current job).

Verb

zzzs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of zzz

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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