Figure
Figure noun - A person who is widely known and usually much talked about.
Usage example: figures from the worlds of sport and entertainment will be guests at the White House dinner
Nobody
Nobody noun - A person of no importance or influence.
Usage example: tired of feeling like a nobody, she decided to launch her own business
Both words in one sentence
- Averted in Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time, where nobody remembers the alternate timeline at the end
except Ron has a subconscious aversion to Norwegian meatcakes, and can't figure out why.
Source: Ripple Effect-Proof Memory -
Nobody notices the figure skater has a shot at an empty net, because no one can figure out what she's doing.
Source: Film / The Mighty Ducks - Played very straight in reverse, however - nobody ever refers to Cragen as "Donald" or "Don", and address him by his title instead (again typical for a parental figure).
Source: Last Name Basis / Live-Action TV
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