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Taxonomy vs Iotation - What's the difference?

taxonomy | iotation |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and iotation

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while iotation is (linguistics) a specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the proto-slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant to form a palatalized consonant.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    iotation

    English

    (Iotation)

    Alternative forms

    * jotation

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant to form a palatalized consonant.
  • (linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.
    • A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language:'' ''s''''' ()