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social | economy |

As nouns the difference between social and economy

is that social is a festive gathering to foster introductions while economy is effective management of the resources of a community or system.

As adjectives the difference between social and economy

is that social is being extroverted or outgoing while economy is cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money.

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

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    economy

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (wikipedia economy) (economies)
  • Effective management of the resources of a community or system.
  • Collective focus of the study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
  • Frugal use of resources.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent to liberty and ease.
  • The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-31, volume=408, issue=8851, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Horns of a trilemma , passage=An economy open to free movement of capital can keep a fixed exchange rate, for example, only by subjugating monetary-policy goals to its defence—by raising interest rates sharply, say, when capital outflows put downward pressure on the currency. Yet the trilemma also implies that an economy can enjoy both free capital flows and an independent monetary policy, so long as it gives up worrying about its exchange rate.}}
  • (theology) The method of divine government of the world.
  • (archaic) Management of one’s (l).
  • Derived terms

    * collaborative economy * command economy * economic * economical * economist * economize * market economy * peer-to-peer economy * planned economy * sharing economy

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money.
  • "He bought an economy car."
    "Economy size".

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