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Taxonomy vs Ablauting - What's the difference?

taxonomy | ablauting |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and ablauting

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while ablauting is (linguistics) the process of vowel turning into its ablaut variant.

As a verb ablauting is

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As an adjective ablauting is

(linguistics) experiencing an ablaut.

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

    ablauting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (linguistics) experiencing an ablaut
  • * 2004 , Benjamin W. Fortson, Indo-European language and culture , p. 77:
    • PIE nouns, adjectives, and verbs can be divided into two basic groups based on their inflectional patterns: those that had an ablauting short vowel, e'' or ''o'' (in shorthand ''-e/o- ), directly before the inflectional endings (the case-endings in nouns or adjectives, the personal endings in verbs), and those with no such vowel.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (linguistics) the process of vowel turning into its ablaut variant
  • * 2000 , Richard V. Teschner & Eston Evans, Analyzing the grammar of English , p. 48:
    • As an irregular verb, however, its past tense form is characterized by ablauting' ('any vowel change that alternates') in which /e/ -> /o/ (/brek/ -> /brok/) and its past participle form is characterized by both ' ablauting and /(e)n/ addition.