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Nickname vs Sobriquet - What's the difference?

nickname | sobriquet |

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)
  • 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).

    • sobriquet

    English

    Alternative forms

    * soubriquet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person’s given name).
    • "The Bard" is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.
  • * 1862 , A. Banning Norton
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * (familiar name) cognomen, moniker, nickname