Famous vs Fame - What's the difference?
famous | fame |
Well known.
In the public eye.
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.
Fame is a related term of famous.
As an adjective famous
is well known.As a noun fame is
what is said or reported; gossip, rumour.As a verb fame is
to make (someone or something) famous.famous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Some people are only famous within their city.
Synonyms
* famed, noted, celebrated, well-known, renowned * SeeDerived terms
* famously * famous last wordsfame
English
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.