Gracious vs Social - What's the difference?
gracious | social | Related terms |
kind and warmly courteous
tactful
compassionate
indulgent, charming and graceful
elegant and with good taste
benignant
expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
A festive gathering to foster introductions.
(Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married.
(British, colloquial) for its employees.
(US, colloquial)
(dated, Ireland) A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.
Being extroverted or outgoing.
Of or relating to society.
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(Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.
(rare) Relating to a nation's allies]] (compare [[w:Social War, the Social War)
(botany, zoology) Cooperating or growing in groups.
As adjectives the difference between gracious and social
is that gracious is kind and warmly courteous while social is being extroverted or outgoing.As an interjection gracious
is expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.As a noun social is
a festive gathering to foster introductions.gracious
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Alternative forms
* gratious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* graciousness * graciouslyInterjection
(en interjection)social
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(wikipedia social)Noun
(en noun)- They organized a social at the dance club to get people to know each other.
- Fred hated going down to the social to sign on.
- What's your social ?
Adjective
(en adjective)- James is a very social guy; he knows lots of people.
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- Teresa feels uncomfortable in certain social situations.
- Unemployment is a social problem.
- social gaming
- a social insect