Anonymous vs Synonymous - What's the difference?
anonymous | synonymous |
(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named and determined, as an animal not assigned to any species.
(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible, as that of author, contributor, or the like.
(not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
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, date=April 19
, author=Josh Halliday
, title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?
, work=the Guardian
(comparable, figurative) Lacking individuality.
having a similar meaning
of, or being a synonym
(genetics, of a SNP) Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.
As adjectives the difference between anonymous and synonymous
is that anonymous is lacking a name; not named and determined, as an animal not assigned to any species while synonymous is having a similar meaning.As a proper noun Anonymous
is a hacktivist group opposed to internet censorship, government corruption, homophobia and Scientology.anonymous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an anonymous''' pamphlet; an ' anonymous subscription.
- an anonymous' author; an ' anonymous benefactor.
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- No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous .
- an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate