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adult vs person

person vs adult

adult and person both are nouns.

adult is an adjective but person is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
adult Yes Yes No No
person Yes No No No
As nouns, person is a hypernym of adult; that is, person is a word with a broader meaning than adult:
  • adult: a fully developed person from maturity onward
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of adult include individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul.
adult (noun) person (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 human body (usually including the clothing)
a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
adult (adjective) person (adjective)
(of animals) fully developed
designed to arouse lust
Difference between adult and person

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