William Gilbert vs Gilbert

William Gilbert and Gilbert both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
William Gilbert	Yes	No	No	No
Gilbert	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, William Gilbert and Gilbert are synonyms defined as:

William Gilbert and Gilbert: English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)

Other synonyms of William Gilbert include Walter Gilbert.

As nouns, William Gilbert and Gilbert are synonyms defined as:

William Gilbert and Gilbert: a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)

Other synonyms of William Gilbert include Sir William Gilbert, W. S. Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert.

William Gilbert (noun)	Gilbert (noun)
English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)	United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)
a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)	English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
	English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
	a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)