byname vs epithet

byname

noun
  • A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry. 

  • A pseudonym; nom-de-plume. 

epithet

noun
  • A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role. 

  • 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. 

  • One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing. 

  • A term used to characterize a person or thing. 

  • A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person. 

  • An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase. 

verb
  • To term; to refer to as. 

How often have the words byname and epithet occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )