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Stigma vs Notorious - What's the difference?

stigma | notorious |

As a noun stigma

is stigma (mark of infamy).

As an adjective notorious is

widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.

stigma

English

(wikipedia stigma)

Alternative forms

* (l) (Anglicised long stem) * (l) (Anglicised short stem, obsolete, rare)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A mark of infamy or disgrace.
  • A scar or birthmark.
  • (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
  • a ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, ().
  • Derived terms

    * stigmatize

    notorious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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)
  • Synonyms

    * ill-famed * infamous