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Nickname vs Cybername - What's the difference?

nickname | cybername |

As nouns the difference between nickname and cybername

is that nickname is nickname in the sense of screenname, handle while cybername is a nickname used on the internet or in cyberspace.

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).

    • cybername

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nickname used on the Internet or in cyberspace.
  • * 1999 , Jacqueline Guest, Triple Threat
    • He signed in using his own cybername : Point Guard.
  • * 2002 , David Pogue, Flat screen iMac for dummies
    • Your modem dials an 800 number a couple of times. Along the way, you'll be asked to make up a cybername for yourself...
  • * 2006 , John Weir, What I did wrong
    • "Are the two of you going to stick to phony cybernames ? Or shall I introduce you by your real ones?"