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Eponymous vs Eponymous - What's the difference?

eponymous | eponymous |

As adjectives the difference between eponymous and eponymous

is that eponymous is of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named while eponymous is of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named.

eponymous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named.
  • Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.
    Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.
    The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.

    eponymous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named.
  • Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.
    Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.
    The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.