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person vs being

being vs person

person and being both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person Yes No No No
being Yes No No No
As nouns, being is a hypernym of person; that is, being is a word with a broader meaning than person:
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
  • being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Other hypernyms of person include organism.
person (noun) being (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
a human body (usually including the clothing) the state or fact of existing
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
Difference between person and being

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