Eponym vs Metonym - What's the difference?
eponym | metonym |
The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
As nouns the difference between eponym and metonym
is that eponym is the name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item while metonym is a word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.eponym
English
(wikipedia eponym)Noun
(en noun)- ''Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
- ''Rome is an eponym of Romulus.
- Alzheimer's disease, boycott, Columbia, stentorian, sandwich and Victorian are examples of eponyms .