Personal vs Intrusive - What's the difference?
personal | intrusive |
Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general
Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Done in person; without the intervention of another.
* White
Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
(label) Denoting a person.
An advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
A movable; a chattel.
Tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.
(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
(geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
As nouns the difference between personal and intrusive
is that personal is staff (employees of a business) while intrusive is (geology) an igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock.As an adjective intrusive is
tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.personal
English
(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* personall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- This immediate and personal speaking of God Almighty to Abraham, Job and Moses,
Usage notes
Not to be confused with .Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* personal capital * personal fiduciary * personal lubricant * personal trainerExternal links
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(en noun)Statistics
*Anagrams
* ----intrusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive ?