name -- denotes an object, a function, set of functions, enumerator, type, class member, template, a value or a label

• introduced by a declaration,
• used within a scope, and
• has a type which determines its use.

object -- region of storage

• a named object has a storage class that determines its lifetime, and
• the meaning of the values found in an object is determined by the type of the expression used to access it