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Eponymous vs Pseudonymous - What's the difference?

eponymous | pseudonymous |

As adjectives the difference between eponymous and pseudonymous

is that eponymous is of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named while pseudonymous is of or pertaining to a pseudonym.

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)

    pseudonymous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to a pseudonym
  • (of a name) fictitious

    • Related terms

    * onymous * anonymous * pseudonym