"namesake" and "name pun"

I started to wonder, what’s the difference between namesake and name pun? Aren’t these the same thing?

@BrushiePL
Here’s a post that explains it.

By the way, it was the most recent search result after your post. Searching is a good way to learn things.

@Background Pony #8E79
Fair point. Nevertheless, namesake seems to be misused quite a lot then. For example if Pipp and Littlepip are depicted together, it should only imply name pun, but not namesake, am I right?

@BrushiePL
I think the opposite, that comparing Pipp Petals and Littlepip is indeed “namesake” and not “name pun”, because the point of interest is that their names are similar, not that there’s been any wordplay to make something out of it.

Never mind that Littlepip is one word and doesn’t have a doubled “p” - that’d be nitpipping ;)

@Background Pony #8E79
So would you agree that here >>2908118 we need to add namesake?

@BrushiePL
IMO yes.