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deceased person vs individual

individual vs deceased person

deceased person and individual both are nouns.

deceased person is not an adjective while individual is an adjective.

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

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