What is the difference between interpersonal and intrapersonal?

Answer 1

The difference is found in the prefixes of the words. Inter- means "between" or "among." The word "international" means "occurring betweennations."

For something to be interpersonal, it occurs between two or more people.

The prefix intra-, on the other hand, refers to that which occurs within something. Intraocular (one of the few examples I could find of a word beginning with this prefix), refers to anything located or occurring within the eye. For something to be intrapersonal, it must happen within one individual.

As an example, take the Shakespeare play Hamlet. When the title character quarrels with another character, like the maiden Ophelia, he demonstrates interpersonal conflict, because the conflict occurs between Hamlet and Ophelia.

When Hamlet wrestles with his own intellect, such as in the famous "to be or not to be" soliloquy, he demonstrates intrapersonal conflict, because the conflict occurs within the mind of Hamlet, and involves no one but himself.
Intrapersonal: Existing or occurring within the individual self or mind Interpersonal: Existing or occurring between persons
Intrapersonal communication is, communication with one' self.Like when we sometimes think in our mind what to say and how to say before speaking. Whereas Interpersonal communication is the communication between two people when they share their views or discuss some topic amongst themselves. Its very easy to rememeber like we say interclass competion(in schools) means amongst two classes so intercommunication is amongst two people.