ENTP vs ENFP | MBTI Personality Types
Having trouble working out whether you are the MBTI personality type ENTP or ENFP? Have someone you know and are looking to help them choose between the two? This article goes into depth between them.
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Both ENTP and ENFP lead with Extroverted Intuition (Ne), which drives their exploration of new possibilities. The differences between ENTP and ENFP is within their auxiliary and tertiary functions as Ne-Ti-Fe-Si vs Ne-Fi-Te-Si.
Within ENTP, Ne is complemented in the auxiliary position (2nd slot) by Introverted Thinking (Ti) whereas in ENFP, it is complemented by Introverted Feeling (Fi). Which dualistically means ENTP has trickster Fi and ENFP has trickster Ti (7th slot).
Ne-Ti-Fe-Si-Ni-Te-Fi-Se vs Ne-Fi-Te-Si-Ni-Fe-Ti-Se.
2nd slot: Ti vs Fi
The main difference between Ti and Fi is you. Fi is the understanding of your own emotions. ENFP knows what they are internally experiencing more than ENTP does.
ENTP’s ability to work out their own feelings is very low or unimportant to them with Fi in trickster slot. They learn to live without questioning their feelings. Whereas for ENFP, with their trickster slot as Ti, this means they have trouble seeing the connections between seemingly unrelated pieces of information and prefer to feel through things instead.
3rd slot: Te vs Fe
Ti vs Te
Ti works by constructing internal logic systems. It does so by connecting unrelated details together in a correlative map system. This is in contrast to Extroverted Thinking (Te) which uses non-correlative maps, such as ideas working unconnected and having their own independent systems to function.
A Ti user looks to connect all things together and feels threatened by a new idea not meshing into their overall system. Whereas Te looks to give singular ideas their own respect and/or depth by giving them a unique place in their systems. Therefore two ideas can work independently for a Te user at the same time, even though they may contrast each other and cancel each other out. Whereas Ti will work to justify new ideas existence by checking them against older ones and piecing them together.
Fi vs Fe
If you were in a group of people and someone asked, “should we go to the (place)?” do you focus on your own feelings to decide, or whether you think the group should go? Extroverted Feeling (Fe) concerns itself with what others feel over the Self (Fi). It’s whichever you do more which has impact, as every human does both in differing levels. ENTP may not care at all if they go or not, and ENFP will raise their suggestion.