Socio vs Economic - What's the difference?
socio | economic |
(informal) At an institute of education, a class where sociology is taught.
(informal) The discipline of sociology.
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Pertaining to an economy.
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, title= Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value) ; economical.
Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
' Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.
As a noun socio
is partner, associate.As an adjective economic is
economic.socio
English
Noun
(-)- Just as I stood apart from the sort of Jewish women who majored in psych and socio at the local university and announced their engagements just before graduation.
economic
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Alternative forms
* economick (archaic) * (archaic) * (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
Usage notes
Modern usage prefers economic' when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting).' Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.