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Infamous vs Wellknown - What's the difference?

infamous | wellknown |

As adjectives the difference between infamous and wellknown

is that infamous is having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad while wellknown is alternative form of lang=en.

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

    wellknown

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (nonstandard)
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 1, author=Mike Peed, title=The Persistence of Guilt, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Elie Wiesel has become so wellknown a crusader against hatred, violence and persecution that one can forget he has also been, from the beginning, a writer. }}