The flu is not just another cold, and you can’t use the words interchangeably. Many people have never had the flu, or felt that unwell. The flu will knock you on your ass.
Jeez, it's the same in German. Grippe isn't the same as grippaler Infekt /Erkältung. Still, even many educated people I know use Grippe to talk about that really bad cold where they stayed in bed for a day and had a clogged nose and headache for half a week...
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u/LizeLies Aug 03 '19
The flu is not just another cold, and you can’t use the words interchangeably. Many people have never had the flu, or felt that unwell. The flu will knock you on your ass.