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person vs deceased

deceased vs person

person and deceased both are nouns.

person is not an adjective while deceased is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person Yes No No No
deceased Yes Yes No No
As nouns, deceased is a hyponym of person; that is, deceased 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
  • deceased: someone who is no longer alive
person (noun) deceased (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential someone who is no longer alive
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
person (adjective) deceased (adjective)
dead
Difference between person and deceased

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