Synonym vs Pseudonym - What's the difference?
synonym | pseudonym |
(semantics, with respect to a given word or phrase) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
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(zoology, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any of the formal names for the taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
(botany, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
* 2011 , Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible
A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.
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As nouns the difference between synonym and pseudonym
is that synonym is a word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase while pseudonym is a fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.synonym
English
(wikipedia synonym)Noun
(en noun)- "Happy" is a synonym of "glad".
- Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.
Synonyms
* (word or phrase with same meaning as another) equivalent, poecilonymAntonyms
* (word or phrase with same meaning as another) antonym, oppositeDerived terms
* near-synonymSee also
(en) * homotypic * heterotypic * ----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".