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adult vs individual

individual vs adult

adult and individual both are nouns.

adult and individual both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
adult Yes Yes No No
individual Yes Yes No No
As nouns, individual is a hypernym of adult; that is, individual is a word with a broader meaning than adult:
  • adult: a fully developed person from maturity onward
  • individual: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of adult include mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul.
adult (noun) individual (noun)
any mature animal a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
a fully developed person from maturity onward a single organism
adult (adjective) individual (adjective)
(of animals) fully developed being or characteristic of a single thing or person
designed to arouse lust separate and distinct from others of the same kind
concerning one person exclusively
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
Difference between adult and individual

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