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Eponymous vs Homonymous - What's the difference?

eponymous | homonymous |

As adjectives the difference between eponymous and homonymous

is that eponymous is of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named while homonymous is having the same name as another.

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.

    Related terms

    * (l)

    homonymous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • having the same name as another
  • of or pertaining to a homonym

    • Related terms

    * homonymy