Thornton Wilder vs Wilder

Thornton Wilder and Wilder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Thornton Wilder	Yes	No	No	No
Wilder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Thornton Wilder and Wilder are synonyms defined as:

Thornton Wilder and Wilder: United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)

Other synonyms of Thornton Wilder include Thornton Niven Wilder.

Thornton Wilder (noun)	Wilder (noun)
United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)	United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
	United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)