department vs personnel

personnel vs department

department and personnel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
department	Yes	No	No	No
personnel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, personnel is a hyponym of department; that is, personnel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than department:

department: a specialized division of a large organization
personnel: the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

Other hyponyms of department include academic department, business department, personnel department, personnel office, staff office, government department, payroll, payroll department, security, security department.

department (noun)	personnel (noun)
a specialized sphere of knowledge	group of people willing to obey orders
a specialized division of a large organization	the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Difference between department and personnel

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