Nickname vs. Pseudonym
Nickname and Pseudonym Definitions
Nickname
A descriptive name added to or replacing the actual name of a person, place, or thing.
Pseudonym
A fictitious name, especially a pen name.
Nickname
A familiar or shortened form of a proper name.
Pseudonym
A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
Nickname
To give a nickname to.
Pseudonym
A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name; an alias.
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Nickname
(Archaic) To call by an incorrect name; misname.
Pseudonym
A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Nickname
A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
"The Big Apple" is a common nickname for New York City.
Nickname
A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
My name is Jonathan, but I go by my nickname, Johnny.
Nickname
(transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
Gerald, nicknamed "Jerry", was usually a very cheerful person.
Nickname
A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick.
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Nickname
To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke.
I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality.
Nickname
A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name);
Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph
Henry's nickname was Slim
Nickname
A descriptive name for a place or thing;
The nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'
Nickname
Give a nickname to
