different between well-known vs celebrated

English

Alternative forms

• well known, wellknown

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?l?no?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?l?n??n/

Adjective

well-known (comparative better-known or more well-known, superlative best-known or most well-known)

1. Familiar, famous, renowned or widely known.
2. (computing, not comparable) Generally recognised; reserved for some usual purpose.
   • 1972, Vint Cerf, Jon Postel, RFC 322 - Well known socket numbers

     We would like to catalog other sockets which are supposed to be well-known

   • 2003, John Mueller, .NET development security solutions

     If the call to this function fails, you can assume the SID was invalid — even if it's a well-known SID.

   • 2007, Larry L Peterson, Bruce S Davie, Computer networks: a systems approach

     A common approach is for the server to accept messages at a well-known port.

Hypernyms

• known

Related terms

• celebrity

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?l.?.b?e?.t?d/
• Hyphenation: cel?e?brat?ed

Adjective

celebrated (comparative more celebrated, superlative most celebrated)

1. famous or widely praised

   She became a celebrated actress, but never won any major awards.

Translations

Verb

celebrated

1. simple past tense and past participle of celebrate

See also

• well-known

Anagrams

• braceleted