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Taxonomy vs Prefixation - What's the difference?

taxonomy | prefixation |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and prefixation

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while prefixation is the adding of a prefix to a word.

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

    prefixation

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested in 1889; formed as .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
    • Related terms
    * affix * affixation * infix * infixation * interfix * interfixation * prefix * suffix * suffixation

    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1921; formed as .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, of a nerve) The (l) or (l) of being (l).
  • (biology) (l) of (l) with a (l), as a (l) to the (l) of another fixative or to the use of a (l) treatment.

    • References

    * “ prefi?xation]” in the [[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] , second edition, 1989 (lists both homographs in one entry) * “ prefixation, n.''¹” in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , third edition, March 2007 (lists the linguistic term) * “ prefixation, n.''²” in the ''Oxford English Dictionary third edition, March 2007 (lists the anatomical and biological term)