Difference between Name and Epithet

NAME vs EPITHET: NOUN

A word by which a person or thing is denoted; the word or words by which an individual person or thing, or a class of persons or things, is designated, and distinguished from others; appellation; denomination; designation.
Figuratively, an individual as represented by his name; a person as existing in the memory or thoughts of others.
That which is commonly said of a person; reputation; character: as, a good name; a bad name; a name for benevolence.
Renown; fame; honor; eminence; distinction.
The mere word by which anything is called, as distinguished from the thing itself; appearance only, not reality: as, a friend in name, a rival in reality.
By the sanction or authority of
A person or thing to be remembered.
Right, ownership, or legal possession, as represented by one's name: as, to hold property in one's own name, or in the name of another.
See nam.
An illustrious or outstanding person: : celebrity.
A distinguished reputation.
A reputation.
Representation or repute, as opposed to reality.
A word or group of words used to describe or evaluate, often disparagingly.
A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others.
A person's reputation
A well-known or notable person
Family based on male descent
A defamatory or abusive word or phrase
A language unit by which a person or thing is known
In grammar, a noun.
In profession, or by title only; not in reality.
See under Given.
Persons bearing a particular name or patronymic; a family; a connection.
In the capacity or character of.
Compare name of God.
Synonyms Name, Appellation, Title, Designation, Denomination, Style. Name is the simplest and most general word for that by which any person or thing is called: as, “His name is John,” Luke i. 63. An appellation is a descriptive and therefore specific term, as Saint Louis; John's appellation was the Baptist; George Washington has the appellation of Father of his Country. A title is an official or honorary appellation, as reverend, bishop, doctor, colonel, duke. A designation is a distinctive appellation or title, marking the individual, as Charles the Simple, James the Less. Denomination is to a class what designation is to an individual: as, coin of various denominations; a common use of the word is in application to a separate or independent Christian body or organization. Style may be essentially the same as appellation, but it is now generally limited to a name assumed or assigned for public use: as, the style of his most Christian Majesty; they transacted business under the firm style of Smith & Co.
In behalf of; on the part of; by the authority of: used often in invocation, adjuration, or the like: as, it was done in the name of the people; in the name of common sense, what do you mean? in God's name, spare us.
The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
Repute, credit, note.
A given name, whether received at baptism or not.
A person, an individual.
Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.

A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
Term; expression; phrase.
An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing.
A phrase; an expression.
Hence In rhetoric, a term added to impart strength or ornament to diction, and differing from an adjective in that it designates as well as qualifies, and may take the form of a surname: as, Dionysius the Tyrant; Alexander the Great.
An adjective, or a word or phrase used as an adjective, expressing some real quality of the person or thing to which it is applied, or attributing some quality or character to the person or thing: as, a benevolent or a hard-hearted man; a scandalous exhibition; sphinx-like mystery; a Fabian policy.
A word in the scientific name of an organism following the name of the genus and denoting a species, subspecies, variety, or cultivar, as sativa in Lactuca sativa.
A disparaging or abusive word or phrase.
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.
A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
A defamatory or abusive word or phrase
Descriptive word or phrase

NAME vs EPITHET: ADJECTIVE

Well-known by a name.

NAME vs EPITHET: VERB

Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
Create and charge with a task or function
Assign a specified, proper name to
Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
Mention and identify by name
Charge with a function; charge to be
Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
Make reference to
Identify as in botany or biology, for example

NAME vs EPITHET: TRANSITIVE VERB

To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
To call by an epithet.
To mention, specify, or cite by name.
To give a name to.
To specify or fix.
To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.
To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint.
To nominate for or appoint to a duty, office, or honor. : appoint.
To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.

To describe by an epithet.

NAME vs EPITHET: OTHER WORD TYPES

To distinguish by bestowing a particular appellation upon; denominate; entitle; designate by a particular appellation or epithet.
To nominate; designate for any purpose by name; specify; prescribe.
Assign a specified (usually proper) name to
Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
Charge with a function
Charge to be
Give or make a list of
Name individually
Synonyms To call, term, style, dub.
To pronounce to be; speak of as; call.
In the British House of Commons, to mention formally by name as guilty of a breach of the rules or of disorderly conduct calling for suspension or some other disciplinary measure.
To mention by name; pronounce or record the name of: as, the person named in a document; also, to mention in general; speak of.
Give the names of
(idiom) (in the name of) For the reason of; using as a reason.
(idiom) (in the name of) By the authority of.
(idiom) (to (one's) name) Belonging to one.

To entitle; describe by epithets.

NAME vs EPITHET: RELATED WORDS

Make, Bring up, Cite, Distinguish, Appoint, Describe, Figure, Call, Advert, Identify, Nominate, Mention, Refer, List, Epithet

Euphemism, Noun, Swearword, Connotation, Ethnic slur, Sobriquet, Moniker, Expletive, Phrase, Invective, Slur, Adjective, Qualification, Qualifier, Name

NAME vs EPITHET: DESCRIBE WORDS

Key, Discover, Make, Cite, Distinguish, Appoint, Describe, Figure, Call, Identify, Nominate, Mention, Refer, List, Epithet

Slang, Euphemism, Noun, Swearword, Ethnic slur, Sobriquet, Moniker, Expletive, Phrase, Invective, Slur, Adjective, Qualification, Qualifier, Name

NAME vs EPITHET: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

Write scientific name with authority, common and local name of organism.
The problem is that Google Scholar recognized my first family name as my name and my second family name as my surname.
Please enter a first name and last name.
DATE NAME: NAME: GRADE: RANK: POSTON: BLDG NO.
Under Subject name, in Type, click Common Name.
Name: The name should match the name as mentioned in the Proof of Identity submitted failing which the application is liable to be rejected.
You will usually have to list your former name, the state where the name change took place, and your current name.
Happy birthday to a dad whose first name is brilliant, middle name is awesome and last name is fabulous.
Search for a property by name, parcel number, agent name, street name, or subdivision.
Name translation: Could not find the name or insufficient right to see name.

Zeus alone, with whatever name or epithet he possesses.
This was a common epithet employed by English subjects.
However, this epithet does not appear in medieval sources.
Caution, still extremely offensive when used as an epithet.
The epithet was originally conferred upon him by Cervantes.
What epithet does Odysseus use to identify himself?
He is the best of mankind; an epithet.
The species epithet "" is Latin for long flowers.
Klong Prem Prison is attributed this epithet too.
Delia is also an epithet of the Artemis.

NAME vs EPITHET: QUESTIONS

What is the name of the rapper with the name Derrick Rose?
What is the name of the video game with the name Hoyle?
Do you have your father's name as your middle name?
Will the German name Daimler AG affect the British name Mercedes-Benz?
Is it permissible to change one's name to an Islamic name?
Will YouTube put my real name if I have a screen name?
Should the name of a river be capitalized in its name?
Do Americans use (on + name of the street) or (in + name)?
Which continents name is also the name of a country?
How to name your personal brand with a "difficult" name?

What are the rules for the publication of an epithet?
Is'fatal'a personification or a transferred epithet?
What are the essential marks of the transferred epithet?
What is a transferred epithet in the seven ages of Man?
What chapter does Zoro's epithet appear in one piece?
What chapter does Jinbe get his epithet in one piece?
What are the similarities between transferred epithet and Enargia?
What is the genus and specific epithet of Swietenia?
Is socialism really a political epithet against Obama?
Why is the word'transferred epithet'called'Playful'?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NAME AND EPITHET

NAME vs EPITHET: NOUN

NAME vs EPITHET: ADJECTIVE

NAME vs EPITHET: VERB

NAME vs EPITHET: TRANSITIVE VERB

NAME vs EPITHET: OTHER WORD TYPES

NAME vs EPITHET: RELATED WORDS

NAME vs EPITHET: DESCRIBE WORDS

NAME vs EPITHET: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

NAME vs EPITHET: QUESTIONS