Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 640. The title of today's lesson is the difference
between flyer and leaflet. Okay. If somebody wants a screenshot, do right now. Let's get right to it.
Now flyer can be spelled f-l-y-e-r- too. So f-l-i-e-r or f-l-y-e-r are both acceptable
spellings of this word. A flyer is an announcement that is printed on paper and given or handed out
to people. All right. A leaflet is a single printed sheet of paper usually folded. That's
a key part with leaflet and is also given out to people, but so far they do sound quite similar.
From here on we'll try to give you hints of when you're more likely to use one than the other.
Let's continue. Flyers are usually smaller than leaflets and unfolded. They're usually not folded.
They are sometimes only printed on one side. So the back side might be blank on a flyer. It is
more likely to be used as an ad and handed out in the street. That's the most common use of a flier.
Fliers generally have less detail than leaflets. Flyers are often designed
cheaper and are not made to last for a long time. All right. Let's continue.
Leaflets tend to be folded to give the appearance of several pages. Even though,
it may only be one folded. Okay. Flyers are often extras slipped between pages of a newspaper so
this is a way that sometimes they they get them out there too, especially a Sunday newspaper.
All right. Leaflets are more often given out at places of business to existing customers. You
know, customers they already have or those that have inquired about information. So they know
that they're already interested. So they tend to give them more so it's used more in that sense.
All right. Good and we got six examples to you know help clarify this. Here's the first one
That college student had a job hand out flyers to passersby by in the street. Again, this is the most
common use of flyer. It's usually a very you know, cheaply paid job, but somebody's got to
do it. And if you want some extra work you know it's there. Number two. Some companies pay to
have flyers added to an especially larger edition of a newspaper. Like a Sunday edition. And number
three. They distributed flyers announcing the event. You know, we could just use it in a very
general sense. That travel agent gave us a leaflet on a special package tour. We could possibly you
know, decide to take. So in this case. You're trying to sell it. It's somebody that's already
inquiring about information. They're more likely to maybe possibly make a sale. All right. Number
five here. That hospital gave out leaflets with advice on how to avoid catching that virus. So
again, a leaflet especially when you want to have more detailed information. You're more likely to
go with the leaflet. Okay. And number six. The Nazis drop leaflets about the predictions of
how Hitler would conquer many European countries from you know Nostradamus's predictions in order
to discourage people from fighting back. Yeah. It's kind of ironic. Even though, they cut out
Nostradamus's prediction that Hitler would lose, but Nostradamus who lived hundreds of years before
came very close to even predicting his name. Actually, called him Hister instead of Hitler
and said how he would conquer them all. And they dropped these leaflets. You know,
this is like psychological warfare. If people think well there's no way there's
no use to fight back because we're going to lose anyway. This is just our fate. They may not do
it. So it's ironic that Hitler actually used Nostradamus's predictions, but he dropped them
in leaflets from a plane. So that people could just read them. All right. Anyway, I hope you
got it. I hope it was clear. I hope it was very informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.