Notorious vs Famous - What's the difference?
notorious | famous |
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)
Well known.
In the public eye.
As adjectives the difference between notorious and famous
is that notorious is widely known, especially for something bad; infamous while famous is well known.notorious
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* ill-famed * infamousfamous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Some people are only famous within their city.