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Unknown vs Unfamous - What's the difference?

unknown | unfamous |

As adjectives the difference between unknown and unfamous

is that unknown is not known; unidentified; not well known while unfamous is not famous.

As a noun unknown

is (algebra) a variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found.

unknown

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not known; unidentified; not well known.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown , induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}

    Synonyms

    * anonymous * unfamiliar * uncharted * undiscovered * unexplored * unidentified * unnamed * unrecognized * unrevealed * unascertained * obscure * unsung

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (algebra) A variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found.
  • Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").
  • A person of no identity; a nonentity
  • * 1965 , (Bob Dylan), (Like a Rolling Stone)
    • How does it feel
    To be on your own
    With no direction home
    Like a complete unknown
    Like a rolling stone?

    unfamous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not famous
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 7, author=Eric Wilson, title=Stealing the Scene Along With the Store, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=On Monday night, they wore their new label, Elizabeth and James (named for their unfamous siblings)

    See also

    *infamous