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being vs person

person vs being

being and person both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
being Yes No No No
person Yes No No No
As nouns, person is a hyponym of being; that is, person is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than being:
  • being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
being (noun) person (noun)
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
the state or fact of existing 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
Difference between being and person

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