What's the difference between famous and infamous?
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Famous is something popular that everybody knows about.\nInfamous is something that's famous, but for a bad reason.\n\nFor example:\n* FDR is famous.\n* Hitler is infamous.
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I think that fame should be recognition for accomplishment; To be known for a difference you made in the world but in society today, it's basically a popularity contest. They go way too far just to gain attention. So being famous means being recognized by a large number of people worldwide. If I were offered instant fame, I would most likely take it but with the money and power that comes with it, I'd want to do something good that I'd be remembered for. I think it would be fun to do some acting, but eventually everything comes to an end, and I wouldn't want to be reconized and bothered every time I go out. I LOVE my privacy and that's not something I'm willing to sacrifice.
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well, there are stuff that are better not known. like mafia wars, political assasinations and stuff like that :P
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I don't know. Whats the difference?
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You can read about both of them on Encarta. Don't just take my word, they are different, learn why they are different there.
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Become famous. Even better, become infamous.
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These are just labels for radio or record sales. 'Pop' meaning recent music by well-known figures with records released by large corporations. But, if you are auditioning for a play, Classical probably means a Schubert song or something like that. And 'Popular' would mean anything from the Beatles to Tin Pan Alley to Britney Spears.
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It depends on how popular that celebrity is
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Sorry, what's the difference again?
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It is a individual decision on famous.  You might be happy to be famous in your neighborhood.  Someone else want to be Brad Pitt.  Another wants to be J Lo.  Famous is just anyone that is recognizable by others.  It could be a few people to millions of people.
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It means don't follow the famous because they are famous.\nUse your own judgement; not the media's.\n\nIt has nothing to do with the Bible.
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Famous people are loaded with money. They can shake off a million dollar bond like a sneeze. That's what it comes down to. If you had that kind of money you could pull that off too. As for the news, it's a matter of local versus national news. Naturally if no one knows who you are and you didn't survive something really outlandish,  the media may not care much. But if you are famous you will be all over the national circuit instantly. I just depends on how well known you are. Well, enjoy.
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This website has a huge list of women of the present and the past. Please remember that there can be a big difference between "famous" and "important." Also, remember that "important" is relative.
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Of  course they are not inseparable... everyone has free will and choice.  Those that are privileged certainly have an easier time attaining mobility more quickly,  but one only has to rise to the occasion.  Knowledge is quite helpful in attaining notoriety and thus mobility.  It is all up to the individual.  By the way,,, I do subscribe to the belief that success is relative... to ones beginnings.
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I wouldn't say I'm famous, but when we did go on tour overseas last year, people were stopping us to take pictures with us, get our autographs, they treated us like rock stars (and we're really not)...it was nice for the first few minutes but I got tired of it pretty quickly.\n\nI was happy to get back to my anonymous life back here in the states.
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from what I can see, important public figures, killed for political reasons, are assassinated whereas murder refers to the rest of us.  Take a look at the follwoing defintions, they have some good distinctions... hope that helped\n\n\n\nDefinitions of assassination on the Web:\n\n    * character assassination: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation\n    * murder of a public figure by surprise attack\n      wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn\n\n    * In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the killing of an important person. An assassin — one who carries out the assassination — is usually motivated by ideological or political reasons. Other motivations may be money in the case of a hitman; opposition to a person's beliefs or belief systems in the case of a fanatic; orders from a government that are often carried about by a subversive agent such as a spy; or loyalty to a competing leader or group.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination\n\n    * [country or state]--[city]\n      www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/app-b.html\n\n    * of the Coptic prime minister Butrus Ghali by a young Muslim nationalist. One of its repercussions was a new Coptic mistrust of the Muslim Egyptian nationalists. A Coptic Congress met in Asyut in 1911 to voice specifically Coptic political demands, which were rejected by a rival Muslim Congress convened in Heliopolis that year. 6\n      www.bartleby.com/67/1374.html\n\n    * The killing of a political leader or other public figure.\n      regentsprep.org/Regents/global/vocab/topic_alpha.cfm\n\n    * Two Presidents of the United States have been assassinated,—Abraham Lincoln by J Wilkes Booth, and James A. Garfield by Guiteau. The latter was called a crank or half crazy. There has never been any real conspiracy for assassination in this country, on a large scale. Booth had confederates, but represented no secret cabal, like the Russian Nihilists.\n      www.people.virginia.edu/~rmf8a/gaskell/poldict.htm\n\n\n\nDefinitions of murder on the Web:\n\n    * kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"\n    * unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being\n    * mangle: alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"\n      wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn\n\n    * Murder is both a legal and a moral term, that are not always coincident. It may be legal to kill, but still murder in the moral sense. Opponents of the death penalty argue that it is simply murder by the state. Proponents of limited government argue that moral murder is never legal murder unless and until the government meets the limits and standards required of it, such as due process, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, trial by jury, appellate review, etc.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder\n\n    * Murder! a 1930 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. The film stars Herbert Marshall, Nora Baring.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder!\n\n    * Murder is the name of a single by British group New Order. Released on the Factory Benelux imprint in 1984, it is an instrumental piece, but also contains samples from films such as and Caligula. The b-side is an instrumental version of the previous single by the group, "Thieves Like Us". The sleeve art is a "night-time" version of the sleeve art from the previous single. Both tracks are available on 1987's compilation, Substance.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_(single)\n\n    * 1. The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice. 2. Slang. Something that is very uncomfortable, difficult, or hazardous: The rush hour traffic is murder. 3. The collective noun for crows.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_(disambiguation)\n\n    * The willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another.\n      www.securityoncampus.org/scho