Stranger vs. Anonymous — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Stranger and Anonymous
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Stranger
A stranger is a person who is unknown to another person or group. Because of this unknown status, a stranger may be perceived as a threat until their identity and character can be ascertained.
Anonymous
Having an unknown or unacknowledged name
An anonymous author.
Stranger
One who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
Anonymous
Having an unknown or withheld authorship or agency
An anonymous letter.
Stranger
A foreigner, newcomer, or outsider.
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Anonymous
Having no distinctive character or recognition factor
"They were carried over a bridge above an anonymous parade of shops" (Elizabeth Speller).
Stranger
One who is unaccustomed to or unacquainted with something specified; a novice
A stranger to our language.
No stranger to hardship.
Anonymous
(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.
Stranger
(Law) One that is neither privy nor party to a title, act, or contract.
Anonymous
(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible
An anonymous pamphlet
An anonymous subscription
Anonymous author
Stranger
(Archaic) A visitor or guest.
Anonymous
(not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
An anonymous author
An anonymous benefactor
No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
Stranger
A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
That gentleman is a stranger to me.
Children are taught not to talk to strangers.
Anonymous
Lacking individuality.
An anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate
Stranger
An outsider or foreigner.
Anonymous
Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.
Stranger
One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
Anonymous
Having no known name or identity or known source;
Anonymous authors
Anonymous donors
An anonymous gift
Stranger
A newcomer.
Anonymous
Not known or lacking marked individuality;
Brown anonymous houses
Anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service
Stranger
(humorous) One who has not been seen for a long time.
Hello, stranger!
Stranger
(obsolete) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
Stranger
(legal) One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title.
Stranger
(obsolete) A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc.
Stranger
To estrange; to alienate.
Stranger
One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.
Stranger
One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
I am a most poor woman and a stranger,Born out of your dominions.
Stranger
One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
To honor and receiveOur heavenly stranger.
Stranger
One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
Stranger
One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.
Stranger
One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear,And strangers to the sun yet ripen here.
My child is yet a stranger in the world.
I was no stranger to the original.
Stranger
To estrange; to alienate.
Stranger
Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
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