Yes.

I am asking about the visual language, which I am guessing is easier for people to grok.

For instance, microsoft gulag corporate “account” is the faceless person upper body silhouette. 

 I just wouldn’t use any icons. 

 Yes. I've been using nostr only for a few days but  have been thinking that it was a bit off when clients referred to "accounts". 

"Read-Only Key" works, but "Access Key" does not capture the main idea since "access" could also mean only "read". Maybe something like "Write Key" or "Write Access Key". 

 Publishing key ? 

 That works. 

 Which one is the “publishing” key?
npub or nsec … right? 

 View-only key
Full-access key 

 Publish
Read only 

 Publish  key doesn't emphasize, that this is the secret key. 
On centralized platforms you can give someone publish rights, and later revoke it with your full/admin access.  

 I have qualms about key being used for the npub.


Key Etymology: “

> instrument for opening locks," Middle English keie, from Old English cæg "metal piece that works a lock, key" literal and figurative ("solution, explanation, one who or that which opens the way or explains"), a word of unknown origin, abnormal evolution, and no sure cognates other than Old Frisian kei.”

Key makes perfect sense for nsec. 

 I agree. IDs and Keys.
npub = Nostr Public ID
nsec = Nostr Secret Key 

 Yea. Nostr has no “accounts” and no “logging in” … and EVEN IF the paradigm shift is inevitable (big if), low friction onboarding TODAY requires language that people are used to.