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Infame vs Disfame - What's the difference?

infame | disfame |

In obsolete terms the difference between infame and disfame

is that infame is to defame; to make infamous while disfame is disrepute.

As a verb infame

is to defame; to make infamous.

As a noun disfame is

disrepute.

infame

English

Verb

(infam)
  • (obsolete) To defame; to make infamous.
    • (Milton)
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    disfame

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) disrepute
    • (Tennyson)

    Related terms

    * defame ----