individual vs person

person vs individual

individual and person both are nouns.

individual is an adjective but person is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, individual and person are synonyms defined as:

individual and person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

Other synonyms of individual include mortal, somebody, someone, soul.

individual (noun)	person (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential	a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
a single organism	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

individual (adjective)	person (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 individual and person

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