Respected vs Notorious - What's the difference?
respected | notorious |
Describing one considered to be deserving of respect, who is due special honor or appreciation.
(respect)
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)
As adjectives the difference between respected and notorious
is that respected is describing one considered to be deserving of respect, who is due special honor or appreciation while notorious is widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.As a verb respected
is past tense of respect.respected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a well respected jurist and his death will be a loss to the profession.