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Famous vs Notable - What's the difference?

famous | notable |

As adjectives the difference between famous and notable

is that famous is well known while notable is useful; profitable.

As a noun notable is

a person or thing of distinction.

famous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Well known.
  • In the public eye.
  • Some people are only famous within their city.

    Synonyms

    * famed, noted, celebrated, well-known, renowned * See

    Derived terms

    * famously * famous last words

    notable

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Useful; profitable.
  • * 1754 , James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae: familiar letters domestic and foreign :
  • Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Mansel, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I shall ever acknowledge a good part of my Education from him.
  • Prudent; clever; capable; industrious; thrifty.
  • * 1863 , Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers :
  • Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; [...]

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) notable, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
  • * Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona :
  • [...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
  • (dated) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
  • * Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona :
  • A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
    Antonyms
    * non-notable
    Derived terms
    * notability

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing of distinction.
  • Anagrams

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