different between famous vs wootz

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

Etymology

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, "Probably from a misreading of an English transcription of Kannada ????? (ukku), ????? (urku, “steel”); akin to Tamil ????? (uruku, “to melt”) and ??????? (urukku, “melted thing, steel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wu?ts/
• Rhymes: -u?ts

Noun

wootz (countable and uncountable, plural wootzes)

1. A famous type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
   • 1863, The celebrated wootz or steel of India, made in little cakes of only about two pounds weight, possesses qualities which no European steel can surpass. — Industrial Biography, Samuel Smiles, 1963.
   • 1884, The word first appears in 'Experiments and Observations to investigate the Nature of a Kind of Steel manufactured at Bombay, and there called Wootz,' ... By G. Pearson, M.D. (paper read before the Royal Soc., June 11, 1795). — Robert F. Burton, The Book of the Sword, page 110.

Usage notes

In earlier usage it appears as simply wootz (see quotations), later being referred to as wootz steel

See also

• Wikipedia article on Wootz Steel