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Personable vs Social - What's the difference?

personable | social |

As adjectives the difference between personable and social

is that personable is (of a person) having a pleasing appearance or manner; attractive; handsome; friendly; amiable while social is being extroverted or outgoing.

As a noun social is

a festive gathering to foster introductions.

personable

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Having a pleasing appearance or manner; attractive; handsome; friendly; amiable.
  • * Spenser
    • Wise, warlike, personable , courteous, and kind.
  • * 1822 , , The Fortunes of Nigel , ch. 19:
    • I admit him a personable man, for I have seen him; and I will suppose him courteous and agreeable.
  • * 1908 , , A Room With a View , ch. 12:
    • Barefoot, bare-chested, radiant and personable against the shadowy woods, he called: "Hullo, Miss Honeychurch! Hullo!"
  • * 1919 , . The Sun Of Quebec , ch. 5:
    • I'm bound to admit that you're a personable young rascal, with the best manners I've met in a long time.
  • * 2009 , Randy James, " 2-Min. Bio: Stephanie Birkitt: Letterman's Lover?," Time , 5 Oct.:
    • Aside from being incredibly funny and personable he is generous, kind and is great fun to play catch with.
  • (legal) Enabled to maintain pleas in court.
    • (Cowell)
  • Having capacity to take anything granted.

    • social

    English

    (wikipedia social)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A festive gathering to foster introductions.
    • They organized a social at the dance club to get people to know each other.
  • (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married.
  • (British, colloquial) for its employees.
    • Fred hated going down to the social to sign on.
  • (US, colloquial)
    • What's your social ?
  • (dated, Ireland) A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being extroverted or outgoing.
    • James is a very social guy; he knows lots of people.
  • Of or relating to society.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
    Teresa feels uncomfortable in certain social situations.
    Unemployment is a social problem.
  • (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.
    • social gaming
  • (rare) Relating to a nation's allies]] (compare [[w:Social War, the Social War)
  • (botany, zoology) Cooperating or growing in groups.
    • a social insect

    Antonyms

    * antisocial * unsocial * asocial

    Derived terms

    * biosocial * parasocial * presocial * pseudosocial * psychosocial * quasisocial * semisocial * social butterfly * social capital * social class * social climber * social cohesion * social collaboration * social collapse * social commentary * social conscience * social conservative * social construct * social democrat * social entrepreneurship * social function * social grace * social ladder * social life * social media * social mobility * social network * social outcast * social psychology * social safety net * social security * social science * social status * social studies * social trading * social work * social worker * sociable * socialist * subsocial

    Related terms

    * sociality

    Statistics

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