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Overrated vs Infamous - What's the difference?

overrated | infamous |

As adjectives the difference between overrated and infamous

is that overrated is given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity while infamous is having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad.

As a verb overrated

is (overrate).

overrated

English

Alternative forms

* over-rated

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.
    • My sister is an overrated singer.

    Antonyms

    * underrated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (overrate)

    • infamous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad
    • He was an infamous traitor.
    He was an infamous perjurer.
  • causing infamy; disgraceful
    • This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
  • (archaic) in England / Great Britain, a judicial punishment which deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.

    • Derived terms

    * infamously * infamousness * infamy

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary