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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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more well known or better known

The Beefeaters are better known than the Swiss Guards.
The Beefeaters are more well known than the Swiss Guards.
  

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Anonymous The Beefeaters are better known than the Swiss Guards. The Beefeaters are more well known than the Swiss Guards. I don't sense much difference.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous The Beefeaters are better known than the Swiss Guards.
  • The Beefeaters are more well known than the Swiss Guards.
  • I don't sense much difference.
  • The first seems to say that people know more about them; the second seems to say they are more famous, more like celebrities.
  • CJ
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Anonymous The Beefeaters are better known than the Swiss Guards. The Beefeaters are more well known than the Swiss Guards.
I don't sense much difference. The first seems to say that people know more about them; the second seems to say they are more famous, more like celebrities.

CJ
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Anonymous The Beefeaters are better known than the Swiss Guards. The Beefeaters are more well known than the Swiss Guards.
Better known = simple comparison between the two, one is more known than the other, but both or one might not be widely known at all.

More well known = comparison between the two because of "more", one is more known than the other
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