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Nomenclature vs Pseudonym - What's the difference?

nomenclature | pseudonym |

As nouns the difference between nomenclature and pseudonym

is that nomenclature is (obsolete) a name while pseudonym is .

nomenclature

Noun

  • (obsolete) A name.
  • A set of names or terms.
  • A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
  • *
  • It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

    Synonyms

    * terminology

    Derived terms

    * zoological nomenclature

    See also

    * taxonomy

    pseudonym

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.
  • The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
  • * c1911
  • I doubt, indeed, whether I should not abandon the struggle altogether-- leave this sad world of ordinary life for which I am so ill fitted, abandon the name of Cummins for some professional pseudonym , complete my self-effacement, and--a thing of tricks and tatters, of posing and pretence--go upon the stage.
  • * 1928
  • The best example of its literary use so far are the German novel The Golem'', by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama ''The Dybbuk , by the jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky".

    Derived terms

    * pseudonymity * pseudonymous

    See also

    * codename * nom de code * nom de guerre * nom de plume * pen-name * stage name ----