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Famed vs Notorious - What's the difference?

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Famed is a related term of notorious.


As adjectives the difference between famed and notorious

is that famed is having fame; famous or noted while notorious is widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.

famed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having fame; famous or noted

    • notorious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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)

    • Synonyms

    * ill-famed * infamous

    Related terms

    * notoriety * notoriousness