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Anonymous vs Blankshire - What's the difference?

anonymous | blankshire |

As proper nouns the difference between anonymous and blankshire

is that anonymous is a hacktivist group opposed to internet censorship, government corruption, homophobia and Scientology while Blankshire is Used as an anonymous placeholder for the name of a British county.

As an adjective anonymous

is lacking a name; not named and determined, as an animal not assigned to any species.

anonymous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Lacking a name; not named and determined, as an animal not assigned to any species.
  • (not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible, as that of author, contributor, or the like.
    • an anonymous''' pamphlet; an ' anonymous subscription.
  • (not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
    • an anonymous' author; an ' anonymous benefactor.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy.}}
    No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous .
  • (comparable, figurative) Lacking individuality.
    • an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate

    Synonyms

    * (lacking a name) nameless * (without acknowledged responsible agent) * (of unknown name) unidentified, unknown, unnamed * (lacking individuality) faceless * (without consideration of prestige or background) on the merits

    Antonyms

    * onymous

    Derived terms

    () * anonym * anonymously * anonymousness

    Related terms

    * anonyme * anonymal * anonymity * anonymize * anonymosity * anonymus (noun) * pseudonymous

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * John Doe * unknown

    References

    * * English words suffixed with -ous

    blankshire

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (chiefly, dated)
  • * 1878 , John Byrne Leicester Warren, Salvia Richmond
    • "Dooced good fishing in Blankshire ," threw in Charlie Mayne.
  • * 1999 , Mark Fletcher, Managing communication in local government (page 84)
    • That might, however, turn into, 'A senior officer today said that Blankshire District Council spends too much time and money in training'.
    English placeholder terms