Social Science
Westernization deals with ideas, religion and culture. Modernization is limited to adoption of technology and industrialization. |
Physical dependency is the ability of a human body to develop tolerance to a particular substance, which when the user abruptly stops taking results in withdrawal symptoms. An extreme form of habit, but the person has no control over the act. It becomes a need of the body. |
Manipulation uses a tactful and artful approach to influence a person. It takes advantage of the stereotyped or natural way of thinking. On the other hand, seduction influences a person by generating temptations which are usually based on false promises. Both are generally considered to be deceitful acts. |
Teasing in general is a playful, fun or friendly way of poking or making fun of each other, wherein neither party feels hurt and just has a good laugh about it. Bullying, on the other hand, is intentional, aggressive and negative behavior, where a bully intends to hurt the other person by the show of power. So, the key difference between bullying and teasing is based on intent. |
Globalization promotes the free movement of goods and services between communities or countries. On the other hand, localization emphasizes on promoting local businesses and being more self-dependent. |
The Euro is the official currency of the Eurozone. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The US Dollar, on the other hand, is the official currency of the United States and its overseas territories. |
The term Déjà vu refers to a phenomenon of the human brain where a person feels that he/she has already experienced the events panning out around him/her. Jamais vu is the exact contradiction of déjà vu, where a person feels that he/she has never experienced the surrounding events, even if those events are extremely familiar to him/her. |
'Youth' and 'Puberty' is the basic phase and the change that living organisms go through in their lives respectively. Youth is an age group of adolescent children, while; Puberty is the physical process of sexual development, which generally occurs during the teenage period. |
‘Youth’ is a noun, generally used for the developing individuals, whereas ‘Young’ is an adjective, which generally refers to an offspring or for those individuals who have existed for a shorter duration of time. |
The main difference between White and Caucasian people is based on skin color. As compared to the Caucasian skin color, white people have a lighter skin color. |
Both GDP and GNP are used to measure the size and strength of an economy. However, they differ in their application and the elements that they comprise of. |
A dream can be defined as a series of images, events and sensations occurring during sleep. Reality is the existential state of things without any sort of imagination or interpretation involved. |
A dream means the successive images, events and sensations that a person experiences in his/her sleep. A nightmare too is a dream, albeit an unpleasant or frightening one at that. |
Dreams can be defined as a series of successive visions, images and feelings experienced by a person during his/her sleep. Fantasy is imagining improbable things, which have no basis in reality. |
Archaeology is the branch of science devoted to the investigation, discovery and understanding of material remains lefts behind by humans. Anthropology is the study of all aspects of human beings, including their development and bond to other animals, especially primates. |
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