The difference between Moniker and Nickname

When used as nouns, moniker means a personal name or nickname, whereas nickname means a familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.

Nickname is also verb with the meaning: to give a nickname to (a person or thing).

check bellow for the other definitions of Moniker and Nickname

  1. Moniker as a noun:

    A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.

    Examples:

    "The rookie was upset at being called Lemon Drop until she realized that everyone on the team had a silly moniker."

  2. Moniker as a noun:

    A signature.

  3. Moniker as a noun (computing):

    An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.

  1. 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.

  2. Nickname as a noun:

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

  1. Nickname as a verb (transitive):

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

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