different between stockpicker vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• stock picker
• stock-picker

Etymology

stock +? picker

Noun

stockpicker (plural stockpickers)

1. (finance) An investor or investment advisor who selects or recommends corporate shares for purchase.
   • 1985, Brendan Boyd, "Last year's top sages return to attempt an instant replay," Spokesman-Review (Spokane, USA), 26 May (retrieved 28 May 2009):

     Every year Forbes magazine asks some of America's top stock pickers to name their single favorite equity for the upcoming 12 months.

   • 1993, Bill Javetski et al., "The Pacific is Terrific, and Europe Isn't Terrible," BusinessWeek, 21 June (retrieved 28 May 2009):

     Indeed, with Europe mired in recession and the U.S. barely stirring, many stockpickers believe Asia offers some of the most attractive plays around.

   • 2009, David Olive, "Good time to buy stocks, if you're thinking long-term, Toronto Star, 8 Mar. (retrieved 28 May 2009):

     The world's most successful stockpicker last weekend released his widely read chair's letter to shareholders of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. conglomerate.

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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