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Monicker vs Nickname - What's the difference?

monicker | nickname |

As nouns the difference between monicker and nickname

is that monicker is while nickname is nickname in the sense of screenname, handle.

monicker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • *:"Kid, you've outgrown 'Young Blood' as a monicker .''
  • *1969. Iceberg Slim. Pimp: The Story of My Life . Holloway House Publishing.

    • nickname

    English

    (wikipedia nickname)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
  • A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

    • Synonyms

    * (familiar invented given name) handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name * (byname) antonomasia, byname, cognomen

    Verb

    (nicknam)
  • To give a nickname to (a person or thing).