The difference between Byname and Nickname
When used as nouns, byname means a secondary name for a person or thing, whereas nickname means a familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
When used as verbs, byname means to assign a byname to, whereas nickname means to give a nickname to (a person or thing).
check bellow for the other definitions of Byname and Nickname
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Byname as a noun (archaic, historical):
A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
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Byname as a noun (archaic, historical):
A nickname.
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Byname as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, Scotland):
A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
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Byname as a noun (paganism):
A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.
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Byname as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To assign a byname to.
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Nickname as a noun:
A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
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Nickname as a noun:
A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
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Nickname as a verb (transitive):
To give a nickname to (a person or thing).