Was ist der Unterschied zwischen "Likely " und "probably " ? (2024)

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Zero difference.

@CC3 I got it. Thanks for that!!

They both mean the same thing but probably is an adverb, which means it explains how a verb is executed.... While likely can be used as an adverb as well, but it is distinguished by the fact that it is frequently used as an adjective, a feature that it cannot perform. When used as an adjective, it would most certainly represent something.

@dd_uii Could you give some exemples, please? It's quite confusing actually.

@France10 of course for an easier way of saying it
Probably= maybe
Likely= expected

@dd_uii I got it. Thanks a lot!!!

1. It’s likely that I’ll go shopping.

2. I’ll probably go shopping.

1. C’est probable que je vais aller magasiner

2. Je vais probablement magasiner.

Likely is used the same way probable is in French and probably is used the same way probablement is used.

Likely is more seen when the verb to be in the sentence (in example 1: “is”).

In general when likely is used people assume that there’s a higher chance of that happening as opposed to when probably is used.

I hope that helped.

@France10 of course

@tychio Yeah, it helped for sure. Thanks a lot!!

@France10 no problem!