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Taxonomy vs Heteroclitic - What's the difference?

taxonomy | heteroclitic |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and heteroclitic

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while heteroclitic is a noun.

As an adjective heteroclitic is

(linguistics) in linguistics, particularly indo-european studies, signifying a stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case examples of heteroclitic noun stems in proto-indo-european include *wod-r/n-' "water" (nominoaccusative '''*wódr'''; genitive '''*udnés'''; locative '''*udén''') and '''*yékw-r/n-''' "liver" (nominoaccusative '''*yékwr''', genitive ' *ikwnés ) in proto-indo-european, heteroclitic stems tend to be noun stems with grammatically inanimate gender.

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

    heteroclitic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (linguistics) In linguistics, particularly Indo-European Studies, signifying a stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case. Examples of heteroclitic noun stems in Proto-Indo-European include *wod-r/n-' "water" (nominoaccusative '''*wódr'''; genitive '''*udnés'''; locative '''*udén''') and '''*yékw-r/n-''' "liver" (nominoaccusative '''*yékwr''', genitive ' *ikwnés ). In Proto-Indo-European, heteroclitic stems tend to be noun stems with grammatically inanimate gender.
  • * 2011 , Eric J. Toone, Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology (page 300)

    • Related terms

    * heteroclite

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A noun.

    • Related terms

    * heteroclisis * heteroclite