different between celebrity vs bigwig
celebrity
English
Etymology
From Middle English celebrit?, from Old French celebrite (compare French célébrité), from Latin cel?brit?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??l?b??ti/
Noun
celebrity (countable and uncountable, plural celebrities)
- (obsolete) A rite or ceremony. [17th-18th c.]
- (uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: big name, distinction, fame, eminence, renown
- A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]
- Synonyms: big name, star, (informal) celeb, (informal) sleb, luminary, notable, media darling
Derived terms
Related terms
- celebutard
Translations
References
- celebrity at OneLook Dictionary Search
- celebrity in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- celebrity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Spanish
Noun
celebrity m (plural celebritys)
- celebrity
celebrity From the web:
- what celebrity do i look like
- https://starbyface.com/
- what celebrity died today
- what celebrity birthday is today
- what celebrity died this week
- what celebrity has the most kids
- what celebrity died yesterday
- what celebrity has the highest net worth
bigwig
English
Alternative forms
- big wig, big-wig
Etymology
First arose in the 1730s, from big +? wig. Formerly, English men of authority wore wigs. Bigwig plays on the idea that higher authority is denoted by a larger wig.
Noun
bigwig (plural bigwigs)
- (humorous) A person of importance to a group or organization.
- Synonyms: big cheese, VIP; see also Thesaurus:important person
Translations
bigwig From the web:
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- what is bigwig rna-seq
- what do bigwig mean
- what does bigwig mean in english
- what happened to bigwig in watership down
- what is a bigwig person
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