Byword vs Synonym - What's the difference?
byword | synonym |
A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
Someone or something that stands (metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , chapter XII:
A nickname or epithet.
(semantics, with respect to a given word or phrase) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
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(zoology, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any of the formal names for the taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
(botany, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
* 2011 , Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible
As nouns the difference between byword and synonym
is that byword is a proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase while synonym is .byword
English
Noun
(en noun)- "I know you and Harry are inseparable. Surely for that reason, if for none other, you should not have made his sister's name a by-word ."
synonym
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(wikipedia synonym)Noun
(en noun)- "Happy" is a synonym of "glad".
- Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.