Casual dating vs. Casual dating may or may not involve having sex, Battle notes, though some people use the terms casual dating and casual sex interchangeably. But hooking up and friends with benefits both definitively involve some form of physical intimacy.

Is Friends With Benefits considered a hookup?

Usually, friends with benefits (a.k.a. FWB) means that people who know each other engage in intimate/sexual activity without really dating each other. Its different from hooking up, which tends to be a one-time thing with someone new.