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Incognito vs Anonymity - What's the difference?

incognito | anonymity |

As an adjective incognito

is .

As a noun anonymity is

(uncountable) the quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness.

incognito

English

Adjective

(-)
  • without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title.
  • * 1891 , Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia :
  • "But you can understand," said our strange visitor, sitting down once more and passing his hand over his high white forehead, “you can understand that I am not accustomed to doing such business in my own person. Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power. I have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting you.”

    Usage notes

    This term is said especially of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.

    Quotations

    * 'Twas long ago/Since gods come down incognito. —Prior. * The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. —Tatler.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Without revealing one's identity.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
  • The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.
  • Quotations

    * His incognito was endangered. —.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    anonymity

    English

    (Anonymity)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness.
  • (countable) That which is anonymous.
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