Nickname vs. Pseudonym

Nickname vs. Pseudonym — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Nickname and Pseudonym

Nicknamenoun

A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.

Pseudonymnoun

A fictitious 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.

Nicknamenoun

A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

Pseudonymnoun

a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

Nicknameverb

(transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

Nicknamenoun

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 JosephHenry's nickname was Slim
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Nicknamenoun

a descriptive name for a place or thing;

the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'

Nicknameverb

give a nickname to