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  1. "Named" vs "called" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Over on Stackoverflow, I keep seeing questions wherein posters say: *I have an item named SoAndSo (a table, a file, etc.). Shouldn't it be: *I have an item called SoAndSo. Is "named" an …

  2. How should I use "eponym", "eponymous" and "namesake"?

    Correct examples: Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California that is the namesake of eighteenth-century bishop and philosopher George …

  3. american english - "Named for" vs. "named after" - English …

    Aug 3, 2014 · As a Brit, I'm used to the phrase named after being used to say how something got its name. For example, in Wikipedia's List of eponymous roads in London, we read that …

  4. What is the difference between "named" and "termed"?

    Aug 1, 2018 · However, termed is much more formal and is often used to describe very specific concepts in multiple different fields. named, on the other hand, is a bit less formal and thus, …

  5. word choice - "Henceforth" vs. "hereinafter" - English Language

    Jun 6, 2012 · What is the most suitable way to express that a sentence/word will be "replaced by" another sentence/word, from that point (in a text, for instance)? Henceforth called/named...

  6. Are people named or called? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    May 7, 2019 · People are both named and called. You are "named" at birth by your parents, and "called" by other people during your lifetime. In your examples, however, I would use neither …

  7. A word for the person after whom someone or something is named

    Jan 12, 2013 · Places, roads, streets etc., get named after famous people, too. Many inventions and discoveries have been named after people who invented or discovered them. But I am not …

  8. "named" vs "that is named" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Sep 16, 2016 · The completed action "named" is implied and not something that has to be spelled out once you share the name of the business--unless, of course, the action of naming it is …

  9. capitalization - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 19, 2025 · Presumably, if in a government office, they issue a document specifically named "Temporary Operator's Permit," they're trying to uniquely identify their temporary operator's …

  10. Why are the "donkey" and the "butt" both named "ass"?

    Apr 29, 2013 · Is there any similarity between them that they have the same name, or is the reason something different of having a physical similarity? I found different meanings for both, …