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Competitive vs Sociable - What's the difference?

competitive | sociable |

As adjectives the difference between competitive and sociable

is that competitive is while sociable is tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.

competitive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (economics) capable of competing successfully
  • of or pertaining to competition
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.}}
  • (of someone's character) inclined to compete
  • (biochemistry) inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it
  • (euphemistically, of prices) cheap, especially used of quality products

    • Antonyms

    * (of or pertaining to competition) cooperative

    Derived terms

    * competitively * competitiveness * competitive person * competitive advantage * competitive edge

    sociable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
    • He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Society is no comfort to one not sociable .
  • Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.
    • a sociable party
  • (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
  • * Hooker
    • They are sociable parts united into one body.
  • (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Antonyms

    * unsociable ----