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social | fifth |

As nouns the difference between social and fifth

is that social is a festive gathering to foster introductions while fifth is the person or thing in the fifth position.

As adjectives the difference between social and fifth

is that social is being extroverted or outgoing while fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.

As a proper noun Fifth is

the Fifth Amendment.

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.
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    • , 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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    External links

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    fifth

    English

    (wikipedia fifth)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • The ordinal form of the number five.

    • Synonyms

    * ; (in names of monarchs and popes ) V

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The person or thing in the fifth position.
  • One of five equal parts of a whole.
  • The fifth gear of an engine.
  • A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters.
  • The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.
  • The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

    • Synonyms

    * (one of five equal parts)

    Related terms

    * Fifth Amendment * fifth gear * fifth wheel * take the Fifth English ordinal numbers