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Nicknamed vs Nicknamer - What's the difference?

nicknamed | nicknamer |

As a verb nicknamed

is (nickname).

As a noun nicknamer is

one who bestows a nickname.

nicknamed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (nickname)

  • 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).
  • nicknamer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who bestows a nickname.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 19, author=Jonathan Miles, title=Sanguine Sangria, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The Hudson River Cafe, which opened in May, is tucked beneath the West Side Highway at 133rd Street, in West Harlem, on that still-gritty stretch of 12th Avenue along the Riverside Drive viaduct that hopeful real-estate nicknamers have dubbed “ViVa,” for Viaduct Valley. }}