Indigo vs Pseudonym - What's the difference?
indigo | pseudonym |
A purplish-blue colour
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=6 An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (the or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera'', ''Amorpha'' ( and ''Dalea (indigo bush).
Having a deep blue colour.
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A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.
* c1911 —
* 1928 —
As nouns the difference between indigo and pseudonym
is that indigo is anil, indigo (plant) while pseudonym is .indigo
English
(wikipedia indigo)Noun
citation, passage=The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo , over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.}}
Derived terms
* (Viduidae family) * indigo blue * indigo bunting * indigo snake * indium * , Amorpha spp. ) * ) * wild indigo ()Adjective
(head)See also
* anil * aniline * * rainbow * Saxon blue *References
pseudonym
English
(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".