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Celebrity vs Semicelebrity - What's the difference?

celebrity | semicelebrity |

As nouns the difference between celebrity and semicelebrity

is that celebrity is (label) a rite or ceremony while semicelebrity is one who is almost a celebrity.

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

    semicelebrity

    English

    Noun

    (semicelebrities)
  • One who is almost a celebrity.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 1, author=Al Baker, title=A Murder Victim Found in His Bed Had a Colorful Past, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“Felix is one tough man who lived a life that people could only imagine going through,” said Richard Dietl, known as Bo, a private investigator, former police detective and a semicelebrity himself, who said he had been friends with Mr. Brinkmann since 1971. }}