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deceased vs person

person vs deceased

deceased and person both are nouns.

deceased is an adjective but person is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deceased Yes Yes No No
person Yes No No No
As nouns, person is a hypernym of deceased; that is, person is a word with a broader meaning than deceased:
  • deceased: someone who is no longer alive
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of deceased include individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul.
deceased (noun) person (noun)
someone who is no longer alive a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
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
deceased (adjective) person (adjective)
dead
Difference between deceased and person

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