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Taxonomy vs Syllabicate - What's the difference?

taxonomy | syllabicate |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a verb syllabicate is

to syllabify.

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

    syllabicate

    English

    Verb

  • to syllabify
  • * 1654 , , Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the judicious and artificial Syllabication of all English Words , page 27
    • To Syllabicate , which is to find out a word by its syllables.
  • * 1926 , (1st ed., Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.”
    • syllabize' &c.?A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means?—?1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED):?—?
    ?syllabate 3????syllabation 2
    ?'''syllabicate     2????syllabication 1
    ?syllabify 2???? ?syllabification 1
    ?syllabize 1?????syllabization 3
    One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb ''syllabize'', give it the now non-existent noun ''syllabization     , & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.

    References

    * “ Sylla·bicate]” listed (immediately preceding “Syllabication”) on page 357 of volume IX, part II (Su–Th) of '' [1st ed., 1919]
    ??Sylla·bicate,''' ''v. rare''?—?°.?[Back-formation f. next.]?''trans.'' ‘To form into syllables.’?[¶?'''1775 Ash ''Suppl.     ?Hence in later Dicts. * “ sy?llabicate, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989