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homosexual vs person

person vs homosexual

homosexual and person both are nouns.

homosexual is an adjective but person is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
homosexual Yes Yes No No
person Yes No No No
As nouns, person is a hypernym of homosexual; that is, person is a word with a broader meaning than homosexual:
  • homosexual: someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of homosexual include individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul.
homosexual (noun) person (noun)
someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex 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
homosexual (adjective) person (adjective)
sexually attracted to members of your own sex
Difference between homosexual and person

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