Gentilic vs Pseudonym - What's the difference?
gentilic | pseudonym |
Tribal or national.
Describing the inhabitants of a particular place; demonymic.
A personal name derived from a place name.
A demonym.
A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.
* c1911 —
* 1928 —
As nouns the difference between gentilic and pseudonym
is that gentilic is a personal name derived from a place name while pseudonym is .As an adjective gentilic
is tribal or national.gentilic
English
Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- Vito Corleone? What kind of name is Corleone? A gentilic ?
pseudonym
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(wikipedia pseudonym)Noun
(en noun)- The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
- I doubt, indeed, whether I should not abandon the struggle altogether-- leave this sad world of ordinary life for which I am so ill fitted, abandon the name of Cummins for some professional pseudonym , complete my self-effacement, and--a thing of tricks and tatters, of posing and pretence--go upon the stage.
- The best example of its literary use so far are the German novel The Golem'', by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama ''The Dybbuk , by the jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky".