Disrepute vs. Fame

Disreputenoun

Loss or want of reputation; ill character.

Famenoun

What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.

Disreputeverb

To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.

Famenoun

One's reputation.

Disreputenoun

Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

‘At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute.’;

Famenoun

The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.

Disreputeverb

To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.

‘More inclined to love them than to disrepute them.’;

Fameverb

(transitive) to make (someone or something) famous

Disreputenoun

the state of being held in low esteem;

‘your actions will bring discredit to your name’; ‘because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute’;

Famenoun

Public report or rumor.

‘The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house.’;

Famenoun

Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.

‘I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.’;

Fameverb

To report widely or honorably.

‘The field where thou art famedTo have wrought such wonders.’;

Fameverb

To make famous or renowned.

‘Those Hesperian gardens famed of old.’;

Famenoun

the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

Famenoun

favorable public reputation