Notorious vs Anonymous - What's the difference?
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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)
(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named and determined, as an animal not assigned to any species.
(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible, as that of author, contributor, or the like.
(not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
* {{quote-news, year=2012
, date=April 19
, author=Josh Halliday
, title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?
, work=the Guardian
(comparable, figurative) Lacking individuality.
As an adjective notorious
is widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.As a proper noun anonymous is
a hacktivist group opposed to internet censorship, government corruption, homophobia and scientology.notorious
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* ill-famed * infamousanonymous
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(en adjective)- an anonymous''' pamphlet; an ' anonymous subscription.
- an anonymous' author; an ' anonymous benefactor.
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- No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous .
- an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate