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Genial vs Extroverted - What's the difference?

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Genial is a related term of extroverted.


As adjectives the difference between genial and extroverted

is that genial is great, fantastic while extroverted is possessing the characteristic property of an extrovert outgoing, comfortable in social interactions.

genial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • friendly and cheerful
  • (especially of weather) pleasantly mild and warm
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver. }}
  • marked by genius
  • * 2003 , Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution , Courier Dover Publications, page 111 [http://books.google.com/books?id=qGsZ4YmjhFwC&pg=PA111&dq=genial+idea+date:1940-2009&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES]:
    • About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances.
  • (anatomy) genian; relating to the chin

    • Derived terms

    * congenial

    Anagrams

    * ----

    extroverted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Possessing the characteristic property of an extrovert. Outgoing, comfortable in social interactions.
    • She's very extroverted . She's always out meeting new people and looking for new experiences.

    Antonyms

    * introverted

    Synonyms

    * talkative