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Anonymity vs Notoriety - What's the difference?

anonymity | notoriety |

As nouns the difference between anonymity and notoriety

is that anonymity is the quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness while notoriety is the condition of being infamous or notorious.

anonymity

English

(Anonymity)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness.
  • (countable) That which is anonymous.

    • Related terms

    () * anon * anonym * anonymal * anonymize * anonymosity * anonymous * anonymously * anonymousness

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    notoriety

    English

    Noun

    (notorieties)
  • The condition of being infamous or notorious.
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    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.}}

    Synonyms

    * ill fame * infamy