Alias and Term

Alias

Alias noun - A descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual.

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Term and alias are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Term" instead a noun "Alias".

Nearby Word: aliasing

Term noun - A fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position.

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Alias and term are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alias" instead a noun "Term".

Nearby Words: termless, termed, termer

preferred	preferred alias	preferred term
old	old alias	old term
exact	exact alias	exact term
standard	standard alias	standard term
Other adjectives: original, single, real, new, next, last, different, generic.

One of his companions suggest he use the alias "John Doe", and Ryan is less than amused to be told it's a pre-Apocalypse term for "corpses that have no name".

Source: Literature / Deathlands
Stealth Pun: She once used "Jacqueline Nought" as an alias, with "nought" being the British term for the American "zero." So she is "Jack Zero".

Source: Characters / Mass Effect 2 Early Party Members
In episode "Ocean Gem", after Lapis Lazuli gave thanks to Steven, he replied "No prob, Bob." Unfamiliar with the term, she replied "... It's Lapis." Fifty-seven episodes later, when Lapis was posing as a human in the episode "Hit the Diamond", she went by the alias of Bob.

Source: Brick Joke / Western Animation

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