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Named vs Reputed - What's the difference?

named | reputed |

As adjectives the difference between named and reputed

is that named is having a name while reputed is pertaining to a reputation accorded to another.

As verbs the difference between named and reputed

is that named is (name) while reputed is (repute).

named

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having a name.

    • Antonyms

    * unnamed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (name)

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    reputed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (repute)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a reputation accorded to another.
    • 1904' ''The other young ladies of Sulaco stood in awe of her character and accomplishments. She was '''reputed to be terribly learned and serious.'' — Joseph Conrad, ''Nostramo Part 2, Chapter 1.
  • Pertaining to that which is supposed or assumed to be true.
    • 1859' ''Mr H. C. Watson has marked for me in the well-sifted London Catalogue of plants (4th edition) 63 plants which are therein ranked as species, but which he considers as so closely allied to other species as to be of doubtful value: these 63 '''reputed species range on an average over 6.9 of the provinces into which Mr Watson has divided Great Britain.'' — Charles Darwin, ''On the Origin of Species , Chapter 2.

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