Whats the difference between sayng 元気ですか？and 大丈夫ですか？to someone
Whats the difference between sayng 元気ですか？and 大丈夫ですか？to someone?

Is it ok to say 大丈夫ですか？when greeting a friend instead of 元気ですか？

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Whats the difference between sayng 元気ですか？and 大丈夫ですか？to someone
Whats the difference between sayng 元気ですか？and 大丈夫ですか？to someone?

Is it ok to say 大丈夫ですか？when greeting a friend instead of 元気ですか？

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お元気ですか = How are you ? 
大丈夫ですか = Are you OK ?,  Is it OK?

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It is better to say "元気ですか？” when greeting a friend. If they do not look alright though, like something is wrong, you can say "大丈夫ですか？” It will sound weird to just ask someone randomly is everything is alright (大丈夫ですか).

But yeah, Wozitoya was correct with his answer definitions.

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Where is my answer?  Deleted? 

Weird.

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