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« on: September 30, 2009, 01:16:52 AM »
What is the difference between society and culture?

Re: society
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2009, 01:22:58 AM »
Society

n., pl., -ties.

   1.
         1. The totality of social relationships among humans.
         2. A group of humans broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture.
         3. The institutions and culture of a distinct self-perpetuating group.
   2. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest: a folklore society; a society of bird watchers.
   3.
         1. The rich, privileged, and fashionable social class.
         2. The socially dominant members of a community.
   4. Companionship; company: enjoys the society of friends and family members.
   5. Biology. A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species: an insect society.


Culture

n.

   1.
         1. The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.
         2. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population: Edwardian culture; Japanese culture; the culture of poverty.
         3. These patterns, traits, and products considered with respect to a particular category, such as a field, subject, or mode of expression: religious culture in the Middle Ages; musical culture; oral culture.
         4. The predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group or organization.
   2. Intellectual and artistic activity and the works produced by it.
   3.
         1. Development of the intellect through training or education.
         2. Enlightenment resulting from such training or education.
   4. A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.
   5. Special training and development: voice culture for singers and actors.
   6. The cultivation of soil; tillage.
   7. The breeding of animals or growing of plants, especially to produce improved stock.
   8. Biology.
         1. The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
         2. Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria.


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Re: society
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2009, 08:21:47 AM »
What is the difference between society and culture?
A society can have culture(s), whereas culture cannot have society.
If I was asked to imagine a perfect deity, I would never invent one that suffers from a multiple personality disorder. Christians get points for originality there.