Interpersonal vs Social - What's the difference?
interpersonal | social |
Between two or more people.
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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 interpersonal and social
is that interpersonal is between two or more people while social is being extroverted or outgoing.As a noun social is
a festive gathering to foster introductions.interpersonal
English
Adjective
(-)- 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.
social
English
(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