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Nickname vs Angus - What's the difference?

nickname | angus |

As a noun nickname

is a familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.

As a verb nickname

is to give a nickname to (a person or thing).

As a proper noun Angus is

a given name derived from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

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).

    • angus

    English

    (wikipedia Angus)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • of mostly Scottish usage.
  • * 1994 , The Cunning Man , Viking 1995, ISBN 0670859117, page 168:
    • Angus' was a great enlargement of experience for me, because he illustrated how haphazardly Fate attributes names to her unoffending children. ' Angus McGubbin: a Scots giant, red-haired and scowling - wouldn't you think so?
  • A county in Scotland.
  • A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
  • (rail transport) A nickname for the train configuration.

    • Related terms

    * Aberdeen Angus * Angus Og * black Angus

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