in-person vs personal

in-person is not a noun while personal is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
in-person	No	Yes	No	No
personal	Yes	Yes	No	No

in-person (noun)	personal (noun)
	a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

in-person (adjective)	personal (adjective)
an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence	concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
	indicating grammatical person
	of or arising from personality
	intimately concerning a person's body or physical being