What does it mean to be antisocial, and how does it differ from simply being shy or introverted?
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A lot of these terms are non-scientific, or at best misused. “Antisocial” for example, would be a severe mental disorder. “Introvert” and “Extrovert” are two extremes in a range, and the person who came up with the terms (Carl Jung) said they don’t apply to any actual person.
But in everyday usage, these are colloquialisms which means they can really mean whatever whomever said them intended. So “Introvert” _can_ mean the same thing as “shy”, and “antisocial” could mean anything from “man that guy is not friendly” to “I don’t feel like hanging out today”. Or, you know, “shy.” It’s more a context thing than an actual definition.
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