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Infamous vs Impious - What's the difference?

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Infamous is a related term of impious.


As adjectives the difference between infamous and impious

is that infamous is having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad while impious is not pious.

infamous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad
  • He was an infamous traitor.
    He was an infamous perjurer.
  • causing infamy; disgraceful
  • This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
  • (archaic) in England / Great Britain, a judicial punishment which deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.
  • Derived terms

    * infamously * infamousness * infamy

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary

    impious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not pious
  • lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god