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Infamous vs. Nefarious — What's the Difference?

Infamous vs. Nefarious — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Infamous and Nefarious

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Infamous

Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious
An infamous outlaw.

Nefarious

Infamous by way of being extremely wicked.

Infamous

Causing or deserving severe public condemnation; heinous
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury" (US Constitution, Amendment 5).

Nefarious

Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
Aliens have a nefarious connotation in many science fiction books.

Infamous

(Law) Convicted of a crime, such as treason or felony, that carries a severe punishment. No longer in technical use.
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Nefarious

Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.

Infamous

Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
He was an infamous traitor.
She is infamous for perjury.

Nefarious

Extremely wicked;
Nefarious schemes
A villainous plot
A villainous band of thieves

Infamous

Causing infamy; disgraceful.
This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.

Infamous

Subject to a judicial punishment that deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.

Infamous

Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.
False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn.

Infamous

Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.

Infamous

Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.

Infamous

Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.
Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds.
The piny shadeMore infamous by cursed Lycaon made.

Infamous

Having an exceedingly bad reputation;
A notorious gangster
The tenderloin district was notorious for vice

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