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Pseudonym vs Sobriquet - What's the difference?

pseudonym | sobriquet |

As nouns the difference between pseudonym and sobriquet

is that pseudonym is while sobriquet is a familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person’s given name).

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 ----

    sobriquet

    English

    Alternative forms

    * soubriquet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person’s given name).
    • "The Bard" is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.
  • * 1862 , A. Banning Norton
    • The sobriquet of Johnny Appleseed attached to him, though his real name was Chapman, in consequence of his being ever engaged in gathering and planting appleseed and cultivating nurseries of apple trees.

    Synonyms

    * (familiar name) cognomen, moniker, nickname