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1) This is the bus I [usually] [normally] take to my house.
2) Is this the bus you [usually] [normally] catch?
In the two sentences above, is there a significant difference in meaning between using ‘normally’ and using ‘usually’? In a conversation between native speakers, ‘normally’ seems to be preferred/more common option. Why is that the case?
There is a slight difference in meaning - the bus I usually take is the one I take most frequently, the bus I normally take is the one I take unless something out of the ordinary has resulted in a change of plans. Of course, these are likely to be the same bus and so the expressions are effectively interchangeable.
I would say that I more often use usually. FWIW I am a native speaker originally from the north east US.
