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Opprobrium vs Infamy - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between opprobrium and infamy

is that opprobrium is disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy while infamy is the state of being infamous.

opprobrium

English

Noun

  • Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
  • Scornful reproach or contempt
    • Don't give him a term of opprobrium .
  • A cause of shame or disgrace.

    • Quotations

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    Synonyms

    * (scornful reproach) blame, castigation, censure, defamation, derision, invective, libel, reproach, revilement, scolding, signifying, tirade, upbraiding, vilification, vituperation * (cause of shame or disgrace) curse

    infamy

    English

    Noun

    (infamies)
  • The state of being infamous.
  • A reputation as being evil.
    • "Infamy', '''infamy - they've all got it in for me!" - Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in ''Carry On Cleo
    "A date which will live in infamy " - Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour