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person vs child

child vs person

person and child both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person Yes No No No
child Yes No No No
As nouns, child is a hyponym of person; that is, child is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than person:
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
  • child: an immature childish person
person (noun) child (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential a young person of either sex
a human body (usually including the clothing) a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
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 an immature childish person
a member of a clan or tribe
Difference between person and child

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