Apuntes vs. notas

Question

Are "apuntes" and "notas" interchangable when talking about taking notes, as in the notes you take in class? I always learned escribir apuntes as to write notes and sacar buenas notas as to get good grades.

I learned that notas was used for musical notes and as the word for grades.

Can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks.

http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/tomar-apuntes-vs-tomar-notas.724259/ - bosquederoble, Oct 15, 2015

Please give us your language level in your profile - ray76, Oct 16, 2015

Answer 1

Would "tomar nota" = take notice make sense.

To me anotar y apuntar are the same, because they mean to write (down), but "tomar notas" is less specific than "tomar apuntes". The latter would mean you have to be more detailed.

what does latter mean? - Rey_Mysterio, Oct 16, 2015

Rey in answer to your question - The thing last mentioned. There is also "Latterly" which means "recently" - Peterae, Oct 16, 2015

Answer 2

Edit: Ignore this posr