Correct
Correct adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.
Well-known and correct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Well-known" instead an adjective "Correct".
Well-known
Well-known adjective - Widely known.
Correct and well-known are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead an adjective phrase "Well-known".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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For years, pedants would claim that the latter is the correct name for the most well-known genus of long-necked heavy-bodied dinosaurs and the former an inaccurate nickname that caught on in pop culture.
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He's most well-known for killing off Lance Bannon, one of Spider-Man's longtime allies and to this day we've never learned his identity or backstory (the evidence given narrowed it to about two possible suspects but we're never told which is correct).
Source: The Spook - Sony fans are called the PlayStation Nation by SCE, and a number of less respectable names by detractors ("Sonyggers" being one of the most well-known, but "Ponies" or "Sony Ponies" is also a more politically-correct alternative).
Source: Fan Community Nicknames
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