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What's the difference between "social" and societal" ? eg. social issue? societal issue? What's the difference between involve and include?
Jun 14, 2021 4:37 AM
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“Societal” more specifically refers to a society, whereas “social” can refer to the relationships between people in general. And “involve” is more active than “include”—“include” just means to make something a part of something, while “involve” is to add something to the action or process
June 14, 2021
'Social' refers to relationships between people or groups within a society, while 'societal' has to do with society as whole. 'Societal' is used more in academic contexts and not really in colloquial/ conversational context. (So I would probably use social issue). To 'involve' something implies that the object or action takes an inseparable/integral part. To 'include' implies that the object is part of the greater group or whole.
June 14, 2021
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