Societal vs Institutional - What's the difference?
societal | institutional |
Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
* 2010 , Malcolm Knox, The Monthly , April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 46:
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
Instituted by authority.
Elementary; rudimentary.
(Webster 1913)
As adjectives the difference between societal and institutional
is that societal is societal while institutional is of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.societal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- While H5N1 flu is obviously lethal, some milder flus pose a greater societal threat, Professor Mathews says.
