different between depository vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin d?posit?rium, from Latin d?positum, past participle of d?p?n?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??p?z?t?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??p?z?t??i/

Noun

depository (plural depositories)

1. A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence

     He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

2. A trustee; a depositary.

Antonyms

• nondepository

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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