Communal vs. Personal — What's the Difference?

Of or relating to a commune.

Belonging to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else

Of or relating to a community.

Of or concerning one's private life, relationships, and emotions rather than one's career or public life

Of, belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public.

Relating to a person's body

Marked by collective ownership and control of goods and property.

Of or denoting one of the three persons.

Pertaining to a community

Existing as a self-aware entity, not as an abstraction or an impersonal force

Shared by a community; public

An advertisement or message in the personal column of a newspaper.

(India) defined by religious ideas; based on religion

Of or relating to a particular person; private

Pertaining to a commune.

Done, made, or performed in person

Resembling a commune{4} or the practises of a commune{4}; as, communal living.

Done to or for or directed toward a particular person

For or by a group rather than individuals;

Concerning a particular person and that person's private business, interests, or activities; intimate

Relating to a small administrative district or community;

Aimed pointedly at the most intimate aspects of a person, especially in a critical or hostile manner

Tending to make remarks, or be unduly questioning, about another's affairs

Of or relating to the body or physical being

Relating to or having the nature of a person or self-conscious being

(Law) Of or relating to the person

(Grammar) Indicating grammatical person.

A personal item or notice in a newspaper.

Personals A column in a newspaper or magazine featuring personal notices.

Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).

Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals

Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.

(euphemistic) Intended for sexual use.

Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.

Done in person; without an intermediary.

Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner

(grammar) Denoting a person or people.

Denoting ownership.

An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.

One's own property or asset

Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.

Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.

Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms.

Done in person; without the intervention of another.

Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.

Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.

A movable; a chattel.

A short newspaper article about a particular person or group

Concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality;

Particular to a given individual

Of or arising from personality;

Intimately concerning a person's body or physical being;

Indicating grammatical person;