different between longing vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l????/
• Rhymes: -????
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?????/

Etymology 1

From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *lang?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *lang?n? (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long +? -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

longing

1. present participle of long

Etymology 2

From Middle English longinge, langynge, from Old English longung, langung (“longing, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langung?, gerund of Proto-Germanic *lang?n? (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long +? -ing (gerund ending).

Noun

longing (plural longings)

1. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

Synonyms

• yearning

Related terms

• long

Translations

See also

• desire
• miss

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

Translations