Nickname vs Sobriquet - What's the difference?
nickname | sobriquet |
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.
To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
A familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person’s given name).
* 1862 , A. Banning Norton
Sobriquet is a synonym of nickname.
As nouns the difference between nickname and sobriquet
is that nickname is a familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing while sobriquet is a familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person’s given name).As a verb nickname
is to give a nickname to (a person or thing).nickname
English
(wikipedia nickname)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (familiar invented given name) handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name * (byname) antonomasia, byname, cognomenVerb
(nicknam)sobriquet
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Alternative forms
* soubriquetNoun
(en noun)- "The Bard" is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.
- The sobriquet of Johnny Appleseed attached to him, though his real name was Chapman, in consequence of his being ever engaged in gathering and planting appleseed and cultivating nurseries of apple trees.