Tarzan of the Apes vs Tarzan

Tarzan of the Apes and Tarzan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Tarzan of the Apes	Yes	No	No	No
Tarzan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Tarzan of the Apes and Tarzan are synonyms defined as:

Tarzan of the Apes and Tarzan: a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tarzan of the Apes (noun)	Tarzan (noun)
a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs	a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
	(sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)