• Social Science deals with the cultural and behavioral aspects of human beings and their relationship with others especially with society where as Physical Science deals with the nonliving aspects like properties of matter sociology, anthropology, economics, linguistics, psychology etc.
• Social Science uses critical approach or analytical approach to study human behavior but Physical Science mainly deals with the inorganic world, general properties of matter; its behavior under the influence of certain forces etc.
• Social Science is interpretive and often involves periods of time needed for changes to be noted whereas Physical Science is Empirical that is it involves Touch, Weight, Colour, Sound, Vibration, Movement Catalyst, Change and such.
Social science includes the following topics
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Business administration
- Communication
- Criminology
- Economics
- Education
- Government
- Linguistics
- International relations
- Political science
- Sociology
Physical science covers the following topics
- Astronomy
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Meteorology
- Global Warming