What is the difference between "How are you?" and "What's up?" or What's the matter?
Are there any other more options to say "How are you?"
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In British English, "How are you?" works well in most situations, including formal situations.
The word upon which the stress is placed, can alter the emphasis. "How ARE you?", for example, might be used if you hadn't seen a person for some time.
"What's up" could be very informal, or you might say to someone who appears upset, "What's up?" in place of "What's wrong? (with you, you seem upset?).
"What's the matter?" is similar to "What's wrong?" and would generally be used if you detect that the person is unhappy.
Generally, the latter two would be more appropriate for informal situations with people you know, although if a stranger seemed sad, you might ask them.
Usage is very context dependent in this case :-)
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'How are you?' is the same as 'What's up?' except that 'What's Up?' is informal
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