The difference between Password and Username

When used as nouns, password means a word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information, whereas username means a person's identification on an individual computer system.


Password is also verb with the meaning: to protect with a password.

check bellow for the other definitions of Password and Username

  1. Password as a noun:

    A word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.

  2. Password as a noun (computing):

    A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, etc.

  1. Password as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To protect with a password.

  1. Username as a noun (computing):

    A person's identification on an individual computer system.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: access access code credentiahandle identity login name user account user ID"

    "hyper name"