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1."reputation" and "fame" are pretty much the same. The former may be a bit more personal, while the latter is often used to describe a person's public persona. then, i used these two words to make two sentences:
My reputation is very good I think. Her fame is corrupt in her company. (I can't really make them as my teacher said: more personal, and more public?)
2.Who knows the differences among "character","personality,"trait","characteristics"? Can I say “I like your personality”?

3. Who knows the difference between Intimidating and scary?

4.Is this sentence right? " I felt so intense when I got a test. "

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

1. I'd say that reputation refers more to your characteristics, whereas fame just refers to lots of people having heard of you/knowing something about you. Your reputation sentence is fine but the fame example isn't quite right. Fame is not really something that can be corrupt - you don't talk of a person's fame as a characteristic of their personality. (I also don't understand the 'in her company' part. 'She is famous for being corrupt' is ok but not 'her fame is corrupt'.

2. character and personality are interchangeable most of the time. character also has the meaning of someone with admirable characteristics (good character). We can also call someone a character (usually meaning someone is a bit eccentric). Trait and characteristics would only refer to one element of someone's overall character or personality, for example they may be honest or unkind. You can certainly say 'I like your personality'.

3. these can be used in similar contexts at times. It's hard to quickly summarise the differences though.

4. Not really as 'intense' on its own is not an emotion.

Likeguslee · Answer

Reputation may be good or bad. However, fame is generally neutral and positive. “Her fame is corrupt in her company” does not sound right. It’s better to say => She is a person of ill fame in her company.

He is a politician of ill fame because of his past scandals.

Character, trait, personality are all nouns signifying feature that distinguishes or identifies someone or something. Character in this comparison is a distinctive feature of a group or category: "Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of less-improved forms" (Charles Darwin). A trait is a single, clearly delineated characteristic, as of a person or group of people: "This reliance on authority is a fundamental primitive trait" (James Harvey Robinson). Character especially emphasizes moral and ethical qualities: "Education has for its object the formation of character" (Herbert Spencer). Personality is the sum of distinctive traits that give a person individuality: "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed" (Carl Jung). Characteristics is a feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait. A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics." Helen Rowland (1875-1950), U.S. journalist. A Guide to Men, "Brides" (1922).

Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations is licensed from Columbia University Press. Copyright © 1993, 1995 by Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

Intimidate => frighten into submission, compliance, or acquiescence.

Intimidating => discouraging through fear

Intimidate implies the presence or operation of a fear-inspiring force that compels one to or keeps one from action: felt intimidated by his opponent's power and prestige. "It [atomic energy] may intimidate the human race into bringing order into its international affairs, which, without the pressure of fear, it would not do" (Albert Einstein).

Scare => cause a person to experience fear

Scary => 1. causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid.

Don't let the dark shadows scare you.

A story can be scary but not intimidating.

I felt so tense (not intense) when I took the test

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