0 used to refer to a fact or piece of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads from person to person:
1 used to describe a fact that people are talking about, which may or may not be true:
This book has been rumoured to be in the offing for many years.
Of particular interest is the debate surrounding a rumoured 'fantasy machine' that was supposed to notate a fantasia performed on it in the heat of inspiration.
Indeed, it is rumoured that three of the 11 contractors with initial franchises are in financial difficulties.
It was rumoured that people were beginning to reach some sort of accommodation.
It is even rumoured that a diamond necklace left the country at the same time.
Is it true, as rumoured, that that system has been a total disaster, with almost no take-up?
It is rumoured that properties have been sold at enhanced rates and that fat profits have been made.
Some of them are rumoured to cause skin cancer among those who handle the maggots.
