- Famous and infamous do not mean the same thing. A famous person is widely known and worthy of praise, like Mother Teresa or Stan Musial. An infamous person is widely known but deplorable, like Adolf Hitler or John Wayne Gacy.
- There seems to be some confusion setting in about the words weary, wary and leery. Weary means exhausted or worn out. Wary and leery both mean about the same thing – suspicious or watchful.
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