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Eponymous vs Pseudonym - What's the difference?

eponymous | pseudonym |

As an adjective eponymous

is of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named.

As a noun pseudonym is

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eponymous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named.
    • Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.
    Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.
    The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.

    Related terms

    * (l)

    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 ----