What is the difference between pseudonym and moniker?
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A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.
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* 1928 —
A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
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(computing) An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.
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Moniker is a synonym of pseudonym.
As nouns the difference between pseudonym and moniker
is that pseudonym is a fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars while moniker is a personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.pseudonym
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(wikipedia pseudonym)Noun
(en noun)- The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
- 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.
- 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 * pseudonymousSee also
* codename * nom de code * nom de guerre * nom de plume * pen-name * stage name ----moniker
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Alternative forms
* monacer * monicker * monnikerNoun
(en noun)- The rookie was upset at being called Lemon Drop until she realized that everyone on the team had a silly moniker .
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- Again fairly common, and always amusing, are the monikers drawn from the (imagined) childhood of a particular vagrant.
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- A gang member may receive a new identity by taking on a nickname, or moniker', which others in the gang world would recognize. ' Monikers affirm a youth's commitment to gang life and may become their sole identity, the only way they see thselves and the only name they go by.
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- Recently, a class of reactions has gained tremendous attention in the chemistry community under the moniker of "click chemistry," a concept introduced by Kolb and colleagues.
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- Actually, the various monikers Pilgrims, Puritans, Plymouth Rocks, Red Stockings, Hubs and Hubites were frequently used, informally, for both Boston big league clubs until 1912.
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- The monikers of both these famously well-endowed movie stars contain enormous sworls (two of them, no less, for Ms West!) that could only signify you-know-what, according to Ms Koren.
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- Monikers' are often composed from other ' monikers to allow object hierarchies to be navigated based on a textual description of a path.
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- The GetObject function can also be used to access objects via monikers'. A '''moniker''' is itself an object that acts as an intermediary between VBScript and the actual object to be accessed. ' Monikers are typically used when the objects to be accessed exist in a namespace other than the file system.
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- There are different types of monikers', but the one that deals with object instantiation is the class '''moniker'''. A class ' moniker portrays a class factory.