Jacobs vs W. W. Jacobs

Jacobs and W. W. Jacobs both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Jacobs	Yes	No	No	No
W. W. Jacobs	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Jacobs and W. W. Jacobs are synonyms defined as:

Jacobs and W. W. Jacobs: English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)

Other synonyms of Jacobs include William Wymark Jacobs.

Jacobs (noun)	W. W. Jacobs (noun)
Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)	English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)