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Pseudonym vs Cognomen - What's the difference?

pseudonym | cognomen |

As nouns the difference between pseudonym and cognomen

is that pseudonym is while cognomen is surname.

pseudonym

English

(wikipedia 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 ----

    cognomen

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cognomen) (en-noun)
  • surname
  • the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome
  • a nickname or epithet by which someone is identified; a byname; a moniker or sobriquet