Sanctioned vs Famous - What's the difference?
sanctioned | famous |
(sanction)
An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
A penalty, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying the above.
To ratify; to make valid.
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
To penalize (a State etc.) with sanctions.
Well known.
In the public eye.
As a verb sanctioned
is (sanction).As an adjective famous is
well known.sanctioned
English
Verb
(head)sanction
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned interest.
famous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Some people are only famous within their city.