independent vs individual

independent and individual both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
independent	Yes	Yes	No	No
individual	Yes	Yes	No	No

independent (noun)	individual (noun)
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them	a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)	a single organism

independent (adjective)	individual (adjective)
free from external control and constraint	being or characteristic of a single thing or person
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence	separate and distinct from others of the same kind
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces	concerning one person exclusively
not controlled by a party or interest group	characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing