mortal vs decedent

Other hyponyms of mortal include self, adult, grownup, anomaly, unusual person, color-blind person, face, female, female person, juvenile, juvenile person, male, male person, person of color, person of colour, albino, blond person, brunet, brunette, baby, child, creature, wight, cripple, dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, departed, deaf person, dyslectic, dyslexic, ectomorph, endomorph, handicapped person, heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight, straight person, gay, homo, homophile, homosexual, homunculus, hope, immune, insured, insured person, introvert, gem, jewel, relation, relative, large person, life, machine, man, man jack, mesomorph, mixed-blood, mouse, namesake, orphan, pansexual, personage, personification, propositus, quarter, carrottop, red-header, redhead, redheader, right-hander, right hander, righthander, roundhead, simple, simpleton, six-footer, small person, sort, sport, squint-eye, squinter, stigmatic, stigmatist, scrag, skin and bones, thin person, transexual, transsexual, transexual, transgendered, transsexual, cross-dresser, transvestite, visually impaired person, doormat, weakling, wuss.