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Stigma vs Rumour - What's the difference?

stigma | rumour |

As nouns the difference between stigma and rumour

is that stigma is stigma (mark of infamy) while rumour is .

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

    rumour

    English

    (wikipedia rumour)

    Noun

  • * Episode 16
  • Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide
  • * '>citation
  • (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
  • * 1599 , , JC II. iv. 18:
  • Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.