Favourite vs Notorious - What's the difference?
favourite | notorious |
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified.)
A person who enjoys special regard or favour.
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of (Charles II).
(Internet) To bookmark.
(Internet) To add to one's list of favourites on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
Widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.
* 1920 , "This is the last straw. In your infatuation for this man — a man who is notorious for his excesses, a man your father would not have allowed to so much as mention your name — you have reflected the demi-monde]] rather than the circles in which you have presumably grown up." — by [[w:F. Scott Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald
* 1999', ''"The Hempshocks' sheep were '''notoriously the finest for miles around: shaggy-coated and intelligent (for sheep), with curling horns and sharp hooves."'' — Neil Gaiman, ''Stardust , pg. 30 (2001 Perennial edition)
As adjectives the difference between favourite and notorious
is that favourite is preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified) while notorious is widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.As a noun favourite
is a person who enjoys special regard or favour.As a verb favourite
is .favourite
English
(wikipedia favourite)Alternative forms
* (American English) favoriteAlternative forms
* (US ) favoriteAdjective
(-)- This is my second favourite occupation.
Noun
(en noun)- You were my favourite to win the spelling competition.
- (Farquhar)
