Fame vs Underknown - What's the difference?
fame | underknown |
What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , Book 1, ll. 651-4:
* 2012 , Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex , Penguin 2013, p. 23:
One's reputation.
The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.
* (William Shakespeare)
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To make (someone or something) famous.
Not known widely enough; of inadequate fame.
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As adjectives the difference between fame and underknown
is that fame is (in combination ) having a specified reputation while underknown is not known widely enough; of inadequate fame.fame
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Noun
(-)- There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].
- If the accused could produce a specified number of honest neighbours to swear publicly that the suspicion was unfounded, and if no one else came forward to contradict them convincingly, the charge was dropped: otherwise the common fame was held to be true.
- I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
Derived terms
* hall of fame * walk of fameVerb
(fam)Anagrams
* ----underknown
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Adjective
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