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Pessimist vs Realist   What do you think if there is a glass half filled with water placed on a table in front of you? Is it half full or half empty? This is the classic question that is used to arrive at the attitude of a person and see if he is a pessimist or an optimist. But there is the third kind also... 

Narcissist vs Sociopath   Narcissist and sociopath are two words used in describing people with extreme personalities. Both these words relate to separate sets of characteristics or traits allowing us to identify a Narcissist or a sociopath in a person. Both these types of people usually have negative effects... 

Punishment vs Negative Reinforcement   Punishment and negative reinforcement are two terms that come in vocabulary of psychology. Of course, punishment has a broader meaning in the society, but there are ways that these two could be related to each other at some instances. Punishment Punishment is defined... 

Need vs Desire   Need and desire are concepts that are similar in nature and meaning. There are our needs, and there are our desires with both overlapping each other. Often, we feel that what we need is what we desire and what we desire is what we need. This is the confusion in the minds of many people as... 

Discrimination vs Harassment   Discrimination and harassment are words, or rather behaviors or treatments meted out to individuals or groups of people that are illegal and unwarranted. We have all along heard about racial discrimination that was used to treat people differently on the basis of differences... 

Guy vs Man   All of us know that men folk are also referred to as guys, and it is obvious to everyone that males in a group are being talked about if the word guys is used by women present. But, why have two different words for males when either of the two would have sufficed? Is there a difference between... 

Lucid Dreaming vs Astral Projection   Lucid dreaming and astral projection are sometimes argued as the same thing and sometimes as two different things. Both of these are ways of entering in to a non-physical dimension. Lucid dreaming and astral projection require practice and calm state of mind to achieve... 

Gay vs Homosexual   Homosexual is a word that is used to refer to people of the same sex having sexual relations. In fact, homosexual is a word that explicitly describes the sexual orientation of a person. There is another word gay that has slowly come around to mean a man having sexual relations with another man... 

Gay vs Bi   Sexual orientation of men and women has been a subject of hot discussion of late. There are basically three sexual orientations namely homosexual, heterosexual, and bisexual, but new terms have been coined because of negative connotations of the term homosexual. Today gay has taken over the clinical... 

Gay vs Straight   Straight is a word used for the sexual orientation of an individual and anyone who is heterosexual is labeled as straight, whether man or woman. It is considered natural for a man to be attracted towards a woman. This is why the term for this sexual orientation has been fixed as straight.... 

Gay vs Transgender   Gay and transgender are two different categories of people, rather men. While most of us know that gay refers to the sexual orientation of a man and that gay are men having sexual relations with other men, the same cannot be said about another important category of people belonging to... 

Geek vs Dork   Geek, dork, and nerd are terms that are often used interchangeably by people for fellows who are socially inept and are somewhat foolish though they are brainy in their own right. In fact, geek is a term normally used for very bookish and seemingly knowledgeable guy, mostly someone who has... 

Gesture vs Posture   When we are dealing or rather communicating with other human beings, a lot of communication takes place through nonverbal means. Posturing and gesturing are two ways we communicate making use of our body instead of language. In fact, posture and gesture are two of the most important constituents... 

Affect vs Mood   Affect is experiencing an emotion or a feeling. It is crucial for responding to the external environment. When someone responds to an external stimulus it is referred to as “affect display”. Mood is an emotional state of mind and is always expressed through body language, postures, and... 

Depression vs Sadness   Depression and sadness are two things all of us experience at some point in our lives. “I am sad and depressed” is a common way of expressing the feeling. However, is it really same or different? Depression in a general definition is a “state of low mood” but sadness is a painful... 

Frustration vs Anger   Frustration and anger are both natural responses common to humans as well as animals. The relationship between the two emotions is quite close that it is very difficult to identify the two in clear separation. However, it is possible to distinguish frustration and anger to some extent...