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Impersonal vs Interpersonal - What's the difference?

impersonal | interpersonal |

As adjectives the difference between interpersonal and impersonal

is that interpersonal is between two or more people while impersonal is not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

impersonal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
  • An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. –Sir J. Stephen.
  • Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
  • She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
  • (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
  • The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”

    Derived terms

    * impersonal verb

    Anagrams

    * ----

    interpersonal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Between two or more people.
  • * '>citation
  • By slightly modifying Piaget's scheme of the development of
    the capacity to follow and be aware of rules,1 I propose to
    distinguish three stages, or types, of mastery of interpersonal
    processes: coercion, self-help, and cooperation. Coercion is
    the simplest rule to follow, self-help is the next most difficult,
    and cooperation is the most demanding of them all.