different between famous vs extraordinary

English

Etymology

From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin f?m?sus. Displaced native Old English hl?sful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe?m?s/
• Rhymes: -e?m?s
• UK: fam?ous; US: fa?mous

Adjective

famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)

1. Well known.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:famous

2. In the public eye.

Derived terms

• famousest
• famously
• famousness
• infamous
• infamously
• infamousness
• nonfamous
• nonfamousness

Related terms

• fame
• famous last words

Translations

Verb

famous (third-person singular simple present famouses, present participle famousing, simple past and past participle famoused)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make famous; to bring renown to.

English

Alternative forms

• extra-ordinary
• extraördinary (rare)

Etymology

From Latin extr??rdin?rius, from extr? ?rdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +? ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ks?t???(?)d?n??i/, /?ks?t???(?)d?n?i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n??i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n?i/
• Hyphenation: ex?traor?di?na?ry

Adjective

extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)

1. Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
2. Remarkably good.

3. Special or supernumerary.

   the physician extraordinary in a royal household

   an extraordinary professor in a German university

Synonyms

• exceptional
• unparalleled
• noteworthy
• outstanding

Antonyms

• everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

Derived terms

• extraordinary optical transmission
• extraordinary professor
• extraordinary rendition

Translations

Noun

extraordinary (plural extraordinaries)

1. Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
   • 1787, The New Annual Register

     […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.