Clinical vs Impersonal - What's the difference?
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Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.
Dealing with how to practically manage patients, contrasting with prehealth sciences.
Done in a cool, emotionless fashion.
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Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
(grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
Clinical is a related term of impersonal.
As adjectives the difference between clinical and impersonal
is that clinical is of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility while impersonal is not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.clinical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.
Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
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Derived terms
* clinical biochemistry * clinical chemistry * clinical medicine * clinical pharmacy * clinical research * clinical study * clinical trialimpersonal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. –Sir J. Stephen.
- She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
- The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”
