different between aftersee vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From after- +? see.

Verb

aftersee (third-person singular simple present aftersees, present participle afterseeing, simple past aftersaw, past participle afterseen)

1. (transitive, uncommon, obsolete) To see or witness after the fact or event; see in hindsight or retrospectively.
   • 1849, Neil Walker, Thomas Craddock, The history of Wisbech, and the fens:

     It is very different to foresee and aftersee.

Antonyms

• foresee

Derived terms

• afterseen
• afterseeing

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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