Tautonym vs Autonym - What's the difference?
tautonym | autonym |
(biology, informal) A binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison .
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated.
(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
A work published under the author's true name."Autonym", OED 2nd ed.
* 1900 , Mr. Barnwell, "Cataloging Roundtable", in Library Journal , page 157
As nouns the difference between tautonym and autonym
is that tautonym is a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison while autonym is an infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated.tautonym
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(en noun)See also
* ("tautonym" on Wikipedia)autonym
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(wikipedia autonym)Noun
(en noun)- Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans .
- As a general principle, the heading of the main entry of the book should be in the form in which the book itself is published; that is, if it is published under an autonym' let the ' autonym be given, if under a pseudonym, then let the pseudonym be given, and if the book be anonymous, then let the fact be stated.
