What's the difference between anonymous and incognito?
Anonymous
Definition:
(a.) Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I don't want to go to Zurich, to some anonymous facility; I would want to do it in my own bed.
(2) Her success has not been universally welcomed - anonymous colleagues are occasionally quoted in the media portraying her as "ambitious" and "bossy".
(3) "Everyone has been blasted by anonymous figures who crushed the economy.
(4) Paradigm relies heavily on social science research and analysis to help companies identify and address the specific barriers and unconscious biases that might be affecting their diversity efforts: things like anonymizing resumes so that employers can’t tell a candidate’s gender or ethnicity, or modifying a salary negotiation process that places women and minorities at a disadvantage.
(5) Now US officials, who have spoken to Reuters on condition of anonymity, say the roundabout way the commission's emails were obtained strongly suggests the intrusion originated in China , possibly by amateurs, and not from India's spy service.
(6) #WhitePrideWorldWide.” Anonymous replied in true vigilante style on Sunday, by taking control of the KKK Twitter account and replacing the logo with its own.
(7) An anonymous survey was conducted in order to examine compliance with universal precautions in the Department of Pediatrics at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois.
(8) An anonymous source, “John Doe”, gave the archive to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung .
(9) A randomly selected group of 224 women with breast cancer responded to an anonymous survey that addressed the presence of menopause, antecedent therapies, symptoms related to estrogen deficiency, concerns about osteoporosis or heart disease, attitude about ERT, and perception about ERT-related cancer risk.
(10) But in several calls with reporters, a senior Apple executive agreed to offer some response on the condition of anonymity and that reporters not quote the executive’s exact words.
(11) Better to be transparent and have the full context ... but would have been safer for us to publish it anonymously sourced.
(12) A Tamil asylum seeker, speaking on condition on anonymity, fears being re-detained or deported: We are scared to go and meet the government.
(13) Kindness, as far as its ordinary meaning is concerned, is free and anonymous.
(14) The addiction anonymous model asks people to accept that they can't have one drink, because they don't have the willpower to resist a second.
(15) "Users clearly want the option of being anonymous online and increasingly worry that this is not possible," said Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet Project.
(16) The so called "Jeff Aynes," risking his anonymity in the Witness Protection Program gets on the free throw line, on national television, and hits one of two.
(17) Some of his proudest work was the assistance rendered by Anonymous to citizens in North Africa during the first months of the Arab Spring.
(18) He admitted, however, that he had not been able to find any record of this incident on the police computer and Mr Justice Riddle said that the evidence was "third-hand, anonymous hearsay".
(19) We’ve not even begun to discuss the ethical dimensions surrounding commercial surrogacy and anonymous donor conception, both of which are needed to deliver ‘marriage equality’.” Asylum seekers and human rights Paul Power, chief executive of the refugee council of Australia, said no government had disregarded public opinion more on the issue of refugees and asylum seekers than Abbott’s.
(20) Previously, however, lawyers for ZAM had successfully claimed anonymity for their client on the more limited grounds that it would be unfair for him and his family to suffer speculation about the circumstances that had led them to make use of the powers of the high court.
Incognito
Definition:
(a. / adv.) Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.
(a.) One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
(a.) The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of the reported claims against Incognito, which he has denied, is that he pressured Martin, a left tackle in his second year with the Dolphins, to pay $15,000 towards an unofficial players’ trip to Las Vegas that he did not attend.
(2) Instead, she spent the first weeks of her marriage in jeans and T-shirt, travelling incognito around the rural areas of Syria.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Incognito … Matthew Rhys in The Americans.
(4) 7.26pm GMT Incognito A story here from my colleague Martin Pengelly, with details on the Incognito interview we mentioned earlier .
(5) The rapper was recently quoted in the Florence newspaper La Nazione as saying he and Kardashian had come to Florence previously incognito and he believed that their daughter, North, was conceived "among the Renaissance masterpieces".
(6) The bladderwort ( utricularia ), incognito like a snapdragon, has an ingenious underground lair, vacuum-sucking insects to chambers where they are acidified; pitchers are outwardly passive, but inside their cavernous depths float a mass of drowned flies.
(7) Unequivocally, there was no leadership in the Miami Dolphins organization, leading to Richie Incognito bullying Jonathan Martin , forcing Martin to leave the team.
(8) An investigation conducted for the NFL determined Incognito and two other offensive linemen engaged in persistent harassment of tackle Jonathan Martin , another offensive lineman and an assistant trainer.
(9) Current and ex-players around the NFL say the situation reflects a lack of leadership because teammates of Martin and Incognito didn't intervene.
(10) Philbin said Martin did not inform him of problems with his teammates at the time, but that representatives notified him later about repeated harassment and that after gathering more information the decision was made to suspend Incognito.
(11) Later on Sunday, Clinton dined, apparently incognito, at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in the swing state of Ohio, where she ordered a chicken burrito bowl with guacamole and “no one really noticed”, the restaurant’s manager told the Guardian.
(12) This, too, is abuse and mistreatment.” The therapist, who says he becomes like a big brother to the patients, said it was important to take the children out of their normal environment, and even brings them “incognito” to anti-mafia events.
(13) Steve Coppell should take some credit for that.” The club’s former manager, beanie hat pulled down to keep him as incognito as possible, was in with the supporters from south London here and he would have purred in satisfaction at that opener, lifted as it was straight from the script of Villa Park and a celebrated set-piece dissection of the last truly great Liverpool side.
(14) There's no suggestion that United would do anything against the rules but generally speaking, it's why incognito, clandestine meetings occur out of the public eye in hotel suites with as few people as possible present; I have met managers under contract to other clubs in such situations.
(15) Incognito, a self-described “wild child” on his Twitter profile, is alleged to have sent Martin a series of threatening text messages and at least one voicemail in which he called Martin a "half nigger", according to ESPN.
(16) The trailer offers a quick glance at what is expected to be Spectre’s opening scene, with 007 wading through the crowds incognito in a skull-like mask, then shifting to assassin mode with a sniper’s rifle opposite his target’s window.
(17) How he came to put the plan together is the stuff of Disney legend – the numerous trips he took in private jets disguised so that no one would spot him, the front companies he set up to buy the land also incognito, the 30,000 acres he acquired before anyone noticed.
(18) It was also Philbin who promoted Incognito to the team’s five man ‘leadership council.’ Now it is his own leadership qualities that are being called into question.
(19) Incognito's words echoed those of the Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill, earlier in the week .
(20) According to a report by ESPN , Incognito sent Martin text messages, which included threats to the other player and his family, and "at least one" voicemail in which he called Martin "a half-nigger".