the difference between notorious and infamous. Actually this one really is

more difficult than usual. Because clearly both words mean famous for

something bad and I do even think that there's a lot of even native speakers

that you kind of use them interchangeably and don't see much of a

difference. But from research I can find some subtle differences where some

might be more likely to be used in one situation than another. So that's what

I'll cover here. All right. Well first of all, of course, notorious means you know

well-known for something bad. Something discreditable you know, something that

would bring down your reputation basically. Make your reputation or your

image seem worse. Let's continue here. Some dictionaries claim notorious is

more likely to use for people in the present time. So if you're still alive

right now and you're talking about somebody that's still alive right now,

like a notorious a bank robber for example. We'd probably be more likely to

say a notorious bank robber than an infamous bank robber. That's , that's you

know robbing banks right now in the present time or the recent past. Not too

long ago. Okay. Infamous tends to be used more for former times. You know maybe

more like a hundred or several hundred years ago or possibly even thousands of

years ago. It's a little more likely. So there's some subtle differences where

you're more likely to see one than the other. But again since it's so close and

so since a lot of native speakers almost think of them as the same. Don't be

surprised if you see examples that would go against what they say here. Okay. Let

me continue. Though some other experts claim infamous is stronger and that it

carries a connotation of evil or wicked. Remember connotation that means those

are feelings that's connected to the word. So I think in situations where

we're saying somebody's famous for something bad

in kind of an evil or wicked way. infamous would be more likely used

That's what they're saying. When using infamous , the speaker is often

making a moral judgment too. That they're judging how terrible they are. Some

dictionaries claim infamous is more literary than notorious. It means that

you're more likely to see it written than spoken.

That's what literary means. So you'll see it in older articles or written articles.

You know, old books or historical documents or whatever than notorious . And

let's look at some examples which would you know, reflect the these, these notes

or these tips here. She is notorious for being late. All right. Well this is probably

present time. This is bad. It's, it hurt somebody's reputation, not particularly

evil. So we wouldn't normally say she is infamous for being late. We're a little

more likely to say she is notorious for being late. Lawyers are notorious for not

being truthful, even though to be honest that's probably part of their job too.

But still they got a bad reputation for that and a lot of people often joke

about how you can't trust lawyers and lawyers always lie. Okay. And again

this is a little more likely to be present time too The Paris Metro is

notorious for pickpockets. Yeah. It's got a bad reputation. That it's had a lot of

pickpockets over the years on the Metro, on there you known Subway's system. So

again, this is more like present time. This is also bad. This is a crime. I don't

know if I would put it in the I don't think I'd say the wicked or evil

category. But it's still bad. It still hurts somebody's reputation. Let's look

at number four. Dracula or Vald the Impaler. Yeah. This is actually some

people say this is where I guess Brahm Stroker. Was he the first one that

wrote the first Dracula ? Where he kind of got the name from. This, this was actually

a real prince who was very , very evil. Vlad the Impaler.

I think he used to like to impale his victims I think he crucified them and

stabbed them. And they were stories about where maybe he might like drink some of

their blood and dip bread in their blood. So yeah. That sounds a bit evil and

really pretty terrible. So you might you would you might be a

little more likely to use infamous and he was hundreds of years ago too. It was a

long time ago. So for several reasons infamous would probably be more likely

to be used here. So Dracula or Vlad the Impaler was infamous for the way he

tortured his enemies or killed them. mm-hmm And the last one here. Benedict Arnold was

an infamous traitor. Yeah. This was during the Revolutionary War.

Benedict Arnold was always famous for that. So somebody might be making a moral

judgment against him.He betrayed the country. Betrayed you know, the people he

was supposed to be with so again and this was also you know hundreds at least

about you know , several hundred years ago. So okay. Well anyway, I hope you can see

somewhat of a difference like I said it's a little tough because in even in

some native people's minds they don't often see a big difference between these

two. But these are just some hints where one is more likely to be used than the

other. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.