What is the difference between pseudonym and writer?
pseudonym | writer |
A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.
* c1911 —
* 1928 —
A person who writes, or produces literary work.
(historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the (East India Company), who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
Anything that writes or produces output.
* 2001 , Cay S. Horstmann, ?Gary Cornell, Core Java 2: Fundamentals (page 715)
As nouns the difference between pseudonym and writer
is that pseudonym is a fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars while writer is a person who writes, or produces literary work.pseudonym
English
(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 ----writer
English
(wikipedia writer)Noun
(en noun)- Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She’s quite a writer !
- If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever
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