Elie Wiesel vs Wiesel

Elie Wiesel and Wiesel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Elie Wiesel	Yes	No	No	No
Wiesel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Elie Wiesel and Wiesel are synonyms defined as:

Elie Wiesel and Wiesel: United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)

Other synonyms of Elie Wiesel include Eliezer Wiesel.

Elie Wiesel (noun)	Wiesel (noun)
United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)	United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)