Famous and popularity

Words can be contradicting in their terms of use, and sometimes they are used interchangeably. Most times , what differentiates them is the context in which they are used. Famous and popular may seem similar in meaning, but the two have a context in which they are applied.
Famous means to be well known, while popular means to be accepted, liked, and approved by the people. Example is to say, it's popular among the people, especially when referring to a thing or belief. Popular can imply a person or thing(whether abstract or not) but famous is used to imply a person.

We can't say "the belief is famous" that's because the word famous only describes a person, but we can easily say "the belief is popular". So the context in which they're used play a significant role in their differences. Another example is saying, "this is a famous idea" instead of saying "this is a popular idea". There are popular music, popular dress, etc but no grammar as famous music and famous dress because the objects aren't people

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Secondly, famous people are known, popular people are liked and accepted. For one to be popular, he needs to possess certain qualities that the people admire. It takes the act of popularization to make one popular among the people, but one doesn't need to have certain qualities to be famous, all one needs is advertising and doing what he loves to do. Most musicians are famous, but not popular. I know Terry -G as a singer, famous, but I don't like his music. I know Arigga as a famous musician, but I don't like his music. To others, he's popular because they enjoy their style of music, but to me, they're only famous, I know them, but their activities as musicians are not common to me. So, popular people are loved and accepted because of certain qualities, but famous people are known, but may not be accepted by a wide group of people.



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You are right, famous is earned and popular is like it even hate, I appreciate your logic on this topic as it stated clear the difference between the two.

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Thank You for your feedback. Glad you appreciate the differences mentioned

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No soy hablante nativa de inglés, por lo que me dejaste con la duda sobre si la palabra "famoso" en inglés es sólo para personas... En castellano, o Español como es más conocido, famoso puede ser un objeto, animal, persona, u otro tipo de entidad.

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L'espagnol a peut-être raison dans sa description du mot « célèbre ». Mais j'ai remarqué que « célèbre » est surtout utilisé pour désigner des personnes, tandis que « populaire » désigne des personnes et d'autres objets.

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Popular can imply a person or thing(whether abstract or not) but famous is used to imply a person

I haven't realized this. I think there are some things that we normally do without paying so much attention, but once you point it out it makes a lot of sense.

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Sometimes it's the prompt that makes me ponder hard on them

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