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Codeword vs Nickname - What's the difference?

codeword | nickname |

As nouns the difference between codeword and nickname

is that codeword is (cryptography) a string representing an encoded piece of text while nickname is nickname in the sense of screenname, handle.

codeword

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text.
    • Bob cannot get any information out of the codeword since he doesn't know what transmission bases Alice used.
  • A type of crossword puzzle where individual letters are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.

    • Derived terms

    * pseudocodeword

    nickname

    English

    (wikipedia nickname)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
  • A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

    • Synonyms

    * (familiar invented given name) handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name * (byname) antonomasia, byname, cognomen

    Verb

    (nicknam)
  • To give a nickname to (a person or thing).