different between unsociable vs antisociable

English

Etymology

un- +? sociable

Adjective

unsociable (comparative more unsociable, superlative most unsociable)

1. not desiring the company of others
2. not congenial or compatible
3. unfriendly

Antonyms

• sociable

Translations

Noun

unsociable (plural unsociables)

1. A person who is not sociable.

English

Etymology

anti- +? sociable

Adjective

antisociable (comparative more antisociable, superlative most antisociable)

1. antisocial
   • 1831, William Maclure, Opinions on Various Subjects: Dedicated to the Industrious Producers

     […] as in the French, Spanish, and almost all the other revolutions, that began by an equal division of power, whilst both knowledge and property were very unequally divided, where all returned to their antisociable habits.

   • 1972, Manchester Studies in the History of Art (issue 1, page 249)

     He comically extols the antisociable virtues of garlic and the lachrymatory effects of peeling onions, useful for elegiac poets.

   • 2014, Virginia King, Seek and Ye Shall Find It's a Testimony

     The benefits of being sociable are that people often overlook the importance of being around people. If an individual is antisociable, it is often viewed as being “that is just the way they are.”