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Celebrity vs Megacelebrity - What's the difference?

celebrity | megacelebrity |

As nouns the difference between celebrity and megacelebrity

is that celebrity is (label) a rite or ceremony while megacelebrity is (informal) very great fame.

celebrity

English

(Celebrity)

Noun

(celebrities)
  • (label) A rite or ceremony.
  • (label) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
  • A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population; a famous person ().
  • * {{quote-book, year=1897, author=
    • , 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

    * (fame) big name, distinction, eminence, renown * (person who has a high degree of recognition) big name, star, (informal) celeb, luminary, notable (noun)

    Related terms

    * celebutard

    megacelebrity

    English

    Noun

  • (informal) Very great fame.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 5, author=Selena Roberts, title=No Longer Trying, Rodriguez Positions Himself for Success, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The tabloids ensured his megacelebrity would expand when they splashed his dalliances with a stripper on the back pages. }}
  • (informal) A very famous celebrity.